I have made no bones about how hard getting the choir together for church has been this year. It has been like herding an army of cats with very different schedules and rhythms. The last two weeks without our accompanist have been incredibly frustrating for me and I am pretty sure everyone else. My conducting has been getting better, but if we are working on individual parts so much, not very useful.
Tonight I wasn’t sure it was going to go any better. My accompanist was 20 minutes late. The two people who were on time other than myself are enthusiastic if not so much in tune singers. I though what the hell, once our organist was there we might as well try some of the pieces in the sanctuary while we have time. Then we added another soprano and our tenor. We almost had a full choir. Well, we had almost all the parts. The two latecomers were two who knew the music and even when having a bad night would be fine.
Once I was able to sing my solo and have all well almost all some the parts of the section where the rest of the choir comes in present I began to relax. Maybe I am also ok, because despite not having all the choir there, including any of the newcomers, the ones that were there reminded me that those that will make the last rehearsals know the music well enough to sing it right now. Things will be good, maybe even great on the day. Hopefully I won’t need to remind myself of this next year.
A Plea to Family and Friends
I know I have been harping on twitter and facebook for comments for a particular post “Old Toy Trains, Little Toy Tracks.” I still need comments. I really want to win this contest. To be honest it isn’t only for the money. I liked having a blogging job. I liked feeling like I was able to use my words to help contribute.
When I started being a paid blogger, a paid writer, I was actually a little astonished. I was being paid to write. I was building a portfolio. I found something that I didn’t know I wanted. Who would have ever thought that I would become a writer?
This is why I need all my friends and family to comment on my post and if I get into the finals to vote for me in an online poll. This includes all of you who don’t have kids, or ever comment on my blog. It is really easy, all you need is your name and an email. The comment can also be really short like: “nice post Gwen” or “I like trains too” or “Isn’t that a cute picture of Aidan.” I need them by the 30th November.
Thank you to all my friends and family who have already commented, and thank you to all those of you who will now.