Musically Speaking

Dear Parish Friends,

I wanted to take a moment here, at the beginning of a new year, to say a word of great thanks to all of our musicians, choir, and handbell players, who worked so hard to bring about a wonderful season of music for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany this season.  Many people have told me that they thought the choir sounded the best on Christmas Eve that they had heard in the past, even though there have been times when we had many more people in our choir.  I also wanted to let the choir know how pleased I was with their participation in the “season,” and to thank each of you for the lovely Christmas gift you presented me with!!

I would like to make a special thank you to our newly formed Bell Choir for their performance during Advent.  With quite a few brand new members, who had never rung bells before, you gave a wonderful performance and showed just how quickly you could come up to speed ringing in the season.  I also received many good comments on the bell choir performance from those in our congregation who knew that this was a ambitious task to put together in a very short time.  Thank you!!!!

Our new season of music begins this week, with a choir rehearsal at 7pm this Tuesday as a kick-off for our choir.  Future weeks will revert to our regular rehearsal time each week on Wednesday evenings at 7pm.

Our first bell rehearsal with be on Tuesday, January 14th at 3pm.  I’m looking forward to continuing our handbell performances and preparing our choir for Lent, and Easter!!!

Mark Andersen 🎵