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[Lavabe]

Dear SNL,
When you book musical guests, would you please just do a simple sound check to make sure that the guests are not tone deaf. All I ask is for 10% of the notes to be in tune. Taylor Swift was ridiculous, as were Arcade Fire, Katy Perry, and Bruno Mars, but Florence and the Machine now holds the record for percent of notes missed.

Just a thought.
Cheers,
Lavabe

Add Sir Paul McCartney to the list. Truly sad... off-key singing. Not unlike listening to Roger Daltrey singing the halftime of the Super Bowl.

[ArkieDukie]

Pop quiz: you're a pedestrian at an intersection. You have a red light, and a car with the right of way is coming toward you on a snow-covered street. What do you do?

If you're a pedestrian in St. Louis, you would chose the "walk across the street without even looking" option. Yes, that happened to me this morning. Icy intersection, and you cross in front of an oncoming car? "Morons" doesn't seem quite strong enough in this case.

[ArkieDukie]

Dear SNL,
When you book musical guests, would you please just do a simple sound check to make sure that the guests are not tone deaf. All I ask is for 10% of the notes to be in tune. Taylor Swift was ridiculous, as were Arcade Fire, Katy Perry, and Bruno Mars, but Florence and the Machine now holds the record for percent of notes missed.

Just a thought.
Cheers,
Lavabe

Add Sir Paul McCartney to the list. Truly sad... off-key singing. Not unlike listening to Roger Daltrey singing the halftime of the Super Bowl.

Was there a new SNL this week? My DVR didn't record it for some reason. It also missed the new episode of "Glee" earlier in the week.

[Lavabe]

Dear SNL,
When you book musical guests, would you please just do a simple sound check to make sure that the guests are not tone deaf. All I ask is for 10% of the notes to be in tune. Taylor Swift was ridiculous, as were Arcade Fire, Katy Perry, and Bruno Mars, but Florence and the Machine now holds the record for percent of notes missed.

Just a thought.
Cheers,
Lavabe

Add Sir Paul McCartney to the list. Truly sad... off-key singing. Not unlike listening to Roger Daltrey singing the halftime of the Super Bowl.

Well, at least next week there won't be a problem... EMINEM is performing. He doesn't sing so much.

[Lavabe]

Was there a new SNL this week? My DVR didn't record it for some reason. It also missed the new episode of "Glee" earlier in the week.

Yes it was a new one, with Paul Rudd. Weekend Update was good, as were a number of sketches. Worth watching on Hulu. Meryl Streep impersonation, the video short (Stumblin'), the game show, and the Cat Food commercial were good. Jay Pharoah is hilarious.

[devildeac]

Pop quiz: you're a pedestrian at an intersection. You have a red light, and a car with the right of way is coming toward you on a snow-covered street. What do you do?

If you're a pedestrian in St. Louis, you would chose the "walk across the street without even looking" option. Yes, that happened to me this morning. Icy intersection, and you cross in front of an oncoming car? "Morons" doesn't seem quite strong enough in this case.

Death wish would be a better choice. Or, how about, freaking imbecile. Or, miserable idiot.

[ArkieDukie]

Pop quiz: you're a pedestrian at an intersection. You have a red light, and a car with the right of way is coming toward you on a snow-covered street. What do you do?

If you're a pedestrian in St. Louis, you would chose the "walk across the street without even looking" option. Yes, that happened to me this morning. Icy intersection, and you cross in front of an oncoming car? "Morons" doesn't seem quite strong enough in this case.

Death wish would be a better choice. Or, how about, freaking imbecile. Or, miserable idiot.

Freaking imbecile, maybe with a couple other adjectives and expletives. The last person was near the curb in front of me when I got to the intersection. Scared the heck out of me. I honked, and they looked at me like I was the one at fault. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Quiet here tonight.

[Lavabe]

Quiet here tonight.

It's heavy snowing outside.

[DukeUsul]

Supposedly we may get a dusting here in Derm. Would be nice to wake up to a few flakes on the ground. Ground may be too warm though.

[lawgrad91]

It briefly snowed in Walnut Cove, and my buddy at work tells me it's snowing but not sticking in the varnish zone of Henry County.

[ArkieDukie]

Another Lessons & Carols service on the books! Let the season begin!

[lawgrad91]

Another Lessons & Carols service on the books! Let the season begin!

Yay! How did it go?

[ArkieDukie]

Another Lessons & Carols service on the books! Let the season begin!

Yay! How did it go?

Attendance was a bit low due to the icy roads. Music was good. Handbells did better than this morning, and Wachet auf went surprisingly well. The problems? Handbells played immediately before the procession, and the rest of the choir didn't let the handbell people get in line before taking off. The last alto was about halfway down the aisle when I got through the door, and I didn't have a candle for most of the way. Then, for the recessional, I had to lead our side out and didn't realize I was supposed to wait for one of the official candle bearers to lead us out. So, basically, we messed up on processional and recessional stuff that would've been fine if we had rehearsed it. That happens a lot - we don't rehearse stuff because "everybody knows it." Well, everyone except the people (more than just me) who are somewhat new to the choir.

I'm still not entirely sure why we have 20 minutes (!) of prelude music, starting when the service is scheduled to begin. Counting the handbell piece, we had 4 (!) pieces of prelude music. I always thought preludes were played before the actual start of the service, but obviously I was wrong. The last number is always the handbell choir, and it's followed immediately by the processional. People who are in handbells and choir have to race around to the back of the church while not actually going through the church, and we didn't make it today. Seems like it would be quite easy to have the handbell choir be the next to last prelude piece so that we'd have time to get in line. It also seems as though we should either omit some of the prelude music or - here's a novel idea - play it BEFORE the service while people are coming in and being seated. As it is, the service is almost 2 hrs long because of all the extra music that gets packed in. I think some of it could be cut, but the music director would disagree with me. (stepping down from soapbox...)

[DukeUsul]

Another Lessons & Carols service on the books! Let the season begin!

Yay! How did it go?

Attendance was a bit low due to the icy roads. Music was good. Handbells did better than this morning, and Wachet auf went surprisingly well. The problems? Handbells played immediately before the procession, and the rest of the choir didn't let the handbell people get in line before taking off. The last alto was about halfway down the aisle when I got through the door, and I didn't have a candle for most of the way. Then, for the recessional, I had to lead our side out and didn't realize I was supposed to wait for one of the official candle bearers to lead us out. So, basically, we messed up on processional and recessional stuff that would've been fine if we had rehearsed it. That happens a lot - we don't rehearse stuff because "everybody knows it." Well, everyone except the people (more than just me) who are somewhat new to the choir.

I'm still not entirely sure why we have 20 minutes (!) of prelude music, starting when the service is scheduled to begin. Counting the handbell piece, we had 4 (!) pieces of prelude music. I always thought preludes were played before the actual start of the service, but obviously I was wrong. The last number is always the handbell choir, and it's followed immediately by the processional. People who are in handbells and choir have to race around to the back of the church while not actually going through the church, and we didn't make it today. Seems like it would be quite easy to have the handbell choir be the next to last prelude piece so that we'd have time to get in line. It also seems as though we should either omit some of the prelude music or - here's a novel idea - play it BEFORE the service while people are coming in and being seated. As it is, the service is almost 2 hrs long because of all the extra music that gets packed in. I think some of it could be cut, but the music director would disagree with me. (stepping down from soapbox...)

Or you could do what we did in my church in high school. We had the handbell choir process with the choir during the processional. We had to memorize our parts! That took some guts for our choir director to set up.

[lawgrad91]

Another Lessons & Carols service on the books! Let the season begin!

Yay! How did it go?

Attendance was a bit low due to the icy roads. Music was good. Handbells did better than this morning, and Wachet auf went surprisingly well. The problems? Handbells played immediately before the procession, and the rest of the choir didn't let the handbell people get in line before taking off. The last alto was about halfway down the aisle when I got through the door, and I didn't have a candle for most of the way. Then, for the recessional, I had to lead our side out and didn't realize I was supposed to wait for one of the official candle bearers to lead us out. So, basically, we messed up on processional and recessional stuff that would've been fine if we had rehearsed it. That happens a lot - we don't rehearse stuff because "everybody knows it." Well, everyone except the people (more than just me) who are somewhat new to the choir.

I'm still not entirely sure why we have 20 minutes (!) of prelude music, starting when the service is scheduled to begin. Counting the handbell piece, we had 4 (!) pieces of prelude music. I always thought preludes were played before the actual start of the service, but obviously I was wrong. The last number is always the handbell choir, and it's followed immediately by the processional. People who are in handbells and choir have to race around to the back of the church while not actually going through the church, and we didn't make it today. Seems like it would be quite easy to have the handbell choir be the next to last prelude piece so that we'd have time to get in line. It also seems as though we should either omit some of the prelude music or - here's a novel idea - play it BEFORE the service while people are coming in and being seated. As it is, the service is almost 2 hrs long because of all the extra music that gets packed in. I think some of it could be cut, but the music director would disagree with me. (stepping down from soapbox...)

Twenty minutes of prelude music? Our entire church would be asleep!

[ArkieDukie]

Yay! How did it go?

Attendance was a bit low due to the icy roads. Music was good. Handbells did better than this morning, and Wachet auf went surprisingly well. The problems? Handbells played immediately before the procession, and the rest of the choir didn't let the handbell people get in line before taking off. The last alto was about halfway down the aisle when I got through the door, and I didn't have a candle for most of the way. Then, for the recessional, I had to lead our side out and didn't realize I was supposed to wait for one of the official candle bearers to lead us out. So, basically, we messed up on processional and recessional stuff that would've been fine if we had rehearsed it. That happens a lot - we don't rehearse stuff because "everybody knows it." Well, everyone except the people (more than just me) who are somewhat new to the choir.

I'm still not entirely sure why we have 20 minutes (!) of prelude music, starting when the service is scheduled to begin. Counting the handbell piece, we had 4 (!) pieces of prelude music. I always thought preludes were played before the actual start of the service, but obviously I was wrong. The last number is always the handbell choir, and it's followed immediately by the processional. People who are in handbells and choir have to race around to the back of the church while not actually going through the church, and we didn't make it today. Seems like it would be quite easy to have the handbell choir be the next to last prelude piece so that we'd have time to get in line. It also seems as though we should either omit some of the prelude music or - here's a novel idea - play it BEFORE the service while people are coming in and being seated. As it is, the service is almost 2 hrs long because of all the extra music that gets packed in. I think some of it could be cut, but the music director would disagree with me. (stepping down from soapbox...)

Or you could do what we did in my church in high school. We had the handbell choir process with the choir during the processional. We had to memorize our parts! That took some guts for our choir director to set up.

Nice idea in theory, but it would never work for us. We played a couple of Level 3 pieces that required chimes, bells, and mallets. That would be tricky to do while walking. Also, we have several choir members who also play handbells. It would be extremely difficult to sing, walk, and play chimes/handbells at the same time. I do good to walk, sing, and carry a candle without setting myself ablaze.

[ArkieDukie]

Twenty minutes of prelude music? Our entire church would be asleep!

Exactly. Try telling our director that, though. We had an organ piece, an organ/flute piece, an organ/violin/flute piece, and then handbells. IMO the service is too long for children to sit through. I just happen to be on worship committee, so I may think of a way to delicately and diplomatically broach this subject if it happens to come up at a future meeting. I'll have to be careful, though, because our director is a bit sensitive about suggestions regarding music. I might ask the minister's advice on this one.

[lawgrad91]

Twenty minutes of prelude music? Our entire church would be asleep!

Exactly. Try telling our director that, though. We had an organ piece, an organ/flute piece, an organ/violin/flute piece, and then handbells. IMO the service is too long for children to sit through. I just happen to be on worship committee, so I may think of a way to delicately and diplomatically broach this subject if it happens to come up at a future meeting. I'll have to be careful, though, because our director is a bit sensitive about suggestions regarding music. I might ask the minister's advice on this one.

Feel out the rest of the worship committee, as well. They may have some suggestions, and if most everyone feels the same way, it would be good to present a united front to the minister and the director.

[devildeac]

Attendance was a bit low due to the icy roads. Music was good. Handbells did better than this morning, and Wachet auf went surprisingly well. The problems? Handbells played immediately before the procession, and the rest of the choir didn't let the handbell people get in line before taking off. The last alto was about halfway down the aisle when I got through the door, and I didn't have a candle for most of the way. Then, for the recessional, I had to lead our side out and didn't realize I was supposed to wait for one of the official candle bearers to lead us out. So, basically, we messed up on processional and recessional stuff that would've been fine if we had rehearsed it. That happens a lot - we don't rehearse stuff because "everybody knows it." Well, everyone except the people (more than just me) who are somewhat new to the choir.

I'm still not entirely sure why we have 20 minutes (!) of prelude music, starting when the service is scheduled to begin. Counting the handbell piece, we had 4 (!) pieces of prelude music. I always thought preludes were played before the actual start of the service, but obviously I was wrong. The last number is always the handbell choir, and it's followed immediately by the processional. People who are in handbells and choir have to race around to the back of the church while not actually going through the church, and we didn't make it today. Seems like it would be quite easy to have the handbell choir be the next to last prelude piece so that we'd have time to get in line. It also seems as though we should either omit some of the prelude music or - here's a novel idea - play it BEFORE the service while people are coming in and being seated. As it is, the service is almost 2 hrs long because of all the extra music that gets packed in. I think some of it could be cut, but the music director would disagree with me. (stepping down from soapbox...)

Or you could do what we did in my church in high school. We had the handbell choir process with the choir during the processional. We had to memorize our parts! That took some guts for our choir director to set up.

Nice idea in theory, but it would never work for us. We played a couple of Level 3 pieces that required chimes, bells, and mallets. That would be tricky to do while walking. Also, we have several choir members who also play handbells. It would be extremely difficult to sing, walk, and play chimes/handbells at the same time. I do good to walk, sing, and carry a candle without setting myself ablaze.

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