[Choir] Softly, with added panache!

[Lani Seifert]

I think we owe a big thank you to Eliza who soldiered on and got us back on
track!
Lani

On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 12:40 PM Richard Riley via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> Our version of "Softly" this morning (which received appreciative comments
> from both Joan and Roger!) brought me back to an experience I had when I
> sang in the Church of the Advent choir in Boston. We were doing a really
> difficult new piece, and there was a pregnant pause in the middle of the
> piece, with some very tricky notes to follow.
>
> The choir all paused, quaking in their boots, and waited for the conductor
> to cue us in again. The cue came and no one sang - except for me - and I
> sang the wrong note! But the good news was that the music was impossible
> for the congregation to follow easily, and I'm sure that no one knew that
> it wasn't really supposed to be a Riley solo. Everyone eventually snuck
> back in and the music went on.
>
> So we rewrote "Softly" a little bit and the congregation loved it!
>
> See you at 5:45 on Tuesday, dressed in red up top, dark blue or black
> below.
>
> Dick
> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
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