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castaliaI've come to adore Sundays. Something fun is usually happening on Sundays. Tonight was our annual ice cream social at St. Luke's (the Episcopal Church I attend), and this year, instead of doing compline beforehand, we had a small concert to help raise money for a cancer charity we've been collecting for this summer.
We started the concert in the church, since we needed the organ. Doug, a fellow member of our choir, played 3 movements from Mendelsohnn's Sonata No. 3, then accompanied me on The Lord's Prayer. Dean, our organist/choirmaster, concluded with two hymns. Then we migrated to the parish hall for homemade ice cream (including coconut, pina colada frozen yogurt, mint chocolate chip, and of course, chocolate and vanilla) and cookies. Margaret Ann Randolph played the piano (she's really excellent), then Doug accompanied me again while I sang "Kathleen Mavourneen", an old Irish song that was quite popular during the Civil War. Margaret Ann and her husband Sheridan played some piano/sax duets which were a lot of fun, then she and Doug alternated with piano solos the rest of the time. The entire evening was a lot of fun and I'm hoping we can do it again more often.
I was nervous as usual, but I'm feeling really good about my performances. I was in good voice, managed to hit the F clearly on The Lord's Prayer, and remembered where to breathe on "Kathleen Mavourneen." Singing at St. Luke's for the last three years has been quite a boost to my ego, as everyone is always so generous with their thanks and compliments. It's so nice to feel appreciated, something I never felt at my parents' church.
You know, I'm not much of an ice cream person, but I may have to talk mum into making the pina colada frozen yogurt. Yum.
I'm very much looking forward to Monday night's chat about Thank You, Jeeves. I think we've moved it to 10:30 EST, and anyone who's read the book is welcome to join. We'll be using AIM, I believe, and final details will be posted over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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We started the concert in the church, since we needed the organ. Doug, a fellow member of our choir, played 3 movements from Mendelsohnn's Sonata No. 3, then accompanied me on The Lord's Prayer. Dean, our organist/choirmaster, concluded with two hymns. Then we migrated to the parish hall for homemade ice cream (including coconut, pina colada frozen yogurt, mint chocolate chip, and of course, chocolate and vanilla) and cookies. Margaret Ann Randolph played the piano (she's really excellent), then Doug accompanied me again while I sang "Kathleen Mavourneen", an old Irish song that was quite popular during the Civil War. Margaret Ann and her husband Sheridan played some piano/sax duets which were a lot of fun, then she and Doug alternated with piano solos the rest of the time. The entire evening was a lot of fun and I'm hoping we can do it again more often.
I was nervous as usual, but I'm feeling really good about my performances. I was in good voice, managed to hit the F clearly on The Lord's Prayer, and remembered where to breathe on "Kathleen Mavourneen." Singing at St. Luke's for the last three years has been quite a boost to my ego, as everyone is always so generous with their thanks and compliments. It's so nice to feel appreciated, something I never felt at my parents' church.
You know, I'm not much of an ice cream person, but I may have to talk mum into making the pina colada frozen yogurt. Yum.
I'm very much looking forward to Monday night's chat about Thank You, Jeeves. I think we've moved it to 10:30 EST, and anyone who's read the book is welcome to join. We'll be using AIM, I believe, and final details will be posted over at
indeedsir.
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Date: 2003-07-28 05:22 am (UTC)That's wonderful that you feel comfortable singing in public. Ego boosts are great, and I'm sure they were well-deserved.
I'll try to get the details of the chat together on
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Date: 2003-07-28 07:08 pm (UTC)Great! Thanks so much for posting all the details and fixing the time and all that.
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Date: 2003-07-28 07:18 am (UTC)I can't wait til our TYJ chat, yay!
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Date: 2003-07-28 07:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-07-28 03:34 pm (UTC)Wow, pina colada ice cream. I've never heard of such a thing; sounds wonderful.
And one more, yay, for tonight's TYJ ballyhoo. ;)
P.S. just one more yay for extra measure.
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Date: 2003-07-28 07:11 pm (UTC)Yes, I really love going to St. Luke's. The people in our parish are just fantastic, and they never fail to have a kind word for my singing, even if it's just the fraction anthem.
It was really good! It's made with vanilla yogurt, canned pineapple, rum flavoring, milk, heavy cream, and cream of coconut. Simply yummy.