{"id":2860,"date":"2002-09-12T06:21:25","date_gmt":"2002-09-12T11:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2002-09-12T06:21:25","modified_gmt":"2002-09-12T11:21:25","slug":"sing_sing_a_son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/09\/12\/sing_sing_a_son.html","title":{"rendered":"Sing.  Sing a song."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Evensong gathering went well last night.  Margie and I played much more prominent roles than I&#8217;d anticipated, leading both music and prayers.  I won&#8217;t say our performances will win any awards, but we still had folks asking us afterwards the perennial question, &#8220;Why aren&#8217;t you guys in the choir?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Answer #1:  We don&#8217;t feel we can set aside a night a week for rehearsals, plus getting to services early on Sundays.  Answer #2:  I like sitting up front during the service and participating in it that way, rather than back in the choir loft, where the performance becomes more important than the worship.   Answer #3, and the one I usually give:  Well, the congregation needs some strong voices amongst it as well, right?)<\/p>\n<p>The music was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holdenvillage.org\/publications.html#music\">Holden Evening Prayer<\/a> &#8212; a really lovely piece of sacred music, but not one you want to walk in on cold.  I might pick up a copy of the cassette (what, no DVD?).<\/p>\n<p>Margie did spectacularly for someone who&#8217;s never soloed in that way before.  Many public kudos be unto her.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest drawback to all of this was that it basically has killed our schedule this week &#8212; rehearsing Monday and Tuesday nights, and singing Wednesday night.  And it&#8217;s not like we don&#8217;t have a lot of other things on our plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Evensong gathering went well last night. Margie and I played much more prominent roles than I&#8217;d anticipated, leading both music and prayers. 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