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wryter2000

(46,037 posts) Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:04 PM Dec 2018

A happy Christmas Eve to all

This year I joined our choir. We'll be singing Bach tonight. I'm so a rank amateur, and I can't say I've mastered all the music, but they seem to want me, anyway.

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A happy Christmas Eve to all (Original Post) wryter2000 Dec 2018 OP

Merry Christmas! workinclasszero Dec 2018 #1

Thanks. I'll need it wryter2000 Dec 2018 #2

Do your best and enjoy yourself Raven123 Dec 2018 #3

Thanks wryter2000 Dec 2018 #4

We rarely listen to "pro" choirs! akraven Dec 2018 #5

Thanks wryter2000 Dec 2018 #6

Baroque can be fun - especially if there's goofs! akraven Dec 2018 #7

Merry Christmas! Freddie Dec 2018 #8

I'll spend all day tomorrow doing church things wryter2000 Dec 2018 #10

Remember, amateur's do it for love of the art. TomSlick Dec 2018 #9

Thanks wryter2000 Dec 2018 #11

Merry Christmas standingtall Dec 2018 #12

You, too wryter2000 Dec 2018 #13

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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

1. Merry Christmas!

Reply to wryter2000 (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:06 PM

Dec 2018

Good luck tonight!

wryter2000

(46,037 posts)

2. Thanks. I'll need it

Reply to workinclasszero (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:09 PM

Dec 2018

On top of the difficulty of the music, I have a cold that has made my voice iffy.

Raven123

(4,829 posts)

3. Do your best and enjoy yourself

Reply to wryter2000 (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:13 PM

Dec 2018

Merry Christmas

wryter2000

(46,037 posts)

4. Thanks

Reply to Raven123 (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:17 PM

Dec 2018

I will. Then I'm altar guild and will have to help clean up. Back tomorrow morning to set up and sing again. I'm not going to get much sleep.

akraven

(1,975 posts)

5. We rarely listen to "pro" choirs!

Reply to wryter2000 (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:24 PM

Dec 2018

The amateurs are way more fun. Our 2 granddaughters and 1 grandson always cut up - and still manage to sing!! If you get a recording, please post it. There's no embarrassment here!

wryter2000

(46,037 posts)

6. Thanks

Reply to akraven (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:28 PM

Dec 2018

If someone records it, I'll be sure to get a copy.

We're having a baroque orchestra. It should sound good as long as I don't make any loud mistakes.

akraven

(1,975 posts)

7. Baroque can be fun - especially if there's goofs!

Reply to wryter2000 (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:31 PM

Dec 2018

The kids always seem to draw the attention.

It will be wonderful and fun. Merry Christmas, wryter2000! Oh, and we have reindeer from Delta acting out, too - hee hee!!

Freddie

(9,262 posts)

8. Merry Christmas!

Reply to wryter2000 (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:54 PM

Dec 2018

Other people entertain on Christmas Eve, we seem to spend most of the day in church. I will be serving Holy Communion at my church soon and this evening playing flute and tin whistle in a folk ensemble at another Lutheran church, while my husband plays trumpet in his brass group at yet another church. To me the music helps to focus the meaning of the day.

wryter2000

(46,037 posts)

10. I'll spend all day tomorrow doing church things

Reply to Freddie (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 04:17 PM

Dec 2018

Altar guild then singing at the 10:00 am service. Then, a bunch of us a delivering meals to people who need them. Finally, I'll be at a church friend's party. What a whirlwind two days. Though I have no family here, I'm never alone at Christmas.

Honestly, I prefer Easter over Christmas, though.