WELL...a lot has happened since I was here last, and I won't even attempt to catch up with everything. Too much life has happened since February, and many of you have been a part of it...so, let's just pick back up as of late.The "Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs" benefit concert is approaching, and we finally have a concert venue: St. James United Methodist Church in Little Rock (Pleasant Valley). I have yet to finish the orchestration for "Blessed Is the Man", although adding the Dies Irae to the middle of the song was a stroke of genius: "not so the wicked...they are like the chaff that the wind drives away; therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous". It fits perfectly! Now, just to finish the rest of it...ARGH!
It's also graduation season around here, and in so many ways I am sad. My singing kiddos that we have watched grow up are about to leave. For the last 5 years, most of them have been a weekly part of my life as well as the life of the Student Choir. Along the way, God has blessed me with new additions to this class. Hard to imagine a rehearsal without them. In fact, right now, I choose not to think that way!
It's also been wonderful to see our adult section leaders take their place of leadership in the PraiSingers. What a joy for me to watch them lead others. All the hard work is finally paying off, and I feel like I am being freed up to do what God has called me to do. Now, just to find that associate!
Music & Drama Camp is coming up as well. Just thinking about the energy it will take to make that week special hurts my head at this point. Great news: Mrs. C has already volunteered to make the "stuff" this year...that made me smile.
Crazy moments cause me to reflect on places far away and peaceful...a horseback ride at El Rancho Pinoso, a cabin in Lake City, the breeze at Mt. Rushmore. Almost like that song from "Westside Story": "close your eyes and your halfway there..."
Vacation will be the week after M& D Camp. And then, Vermont and Montreal in July.
Will someone come do my yard? And oh by the way, can you purchase and install new shingles on the roof while you are at it? My metronome has yet to ritardando...in fact, it feels like I have gone from adagio to allergro in a matter of subito!
