The Sunday Musician

The weather outside was actually frightful this weekend.  A nasty snowstorm brought Ottawa County to a grinding halt Friday morning, and Sunday morning the same thing happened, only worse.  An hour south of us, on Interstate I94, a hundred cars and trucks piled up, and one person died. 

So Sunday morning the service was cancelled, and I stayed home and read the paper.  And took a really great nap.

Saturday night, however, was good.  The meeting room was decorated with those little white lights that hang like icicles, giving the room a warm glow.  Small group, as usual, and I played keyboard as Ed led us through:

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

The First Noel

What a Wonderful Maker

It was just me on the keyboard for the carols, which was old fashioned--I'm sorry: 'vintage'--and then The Other Ed picked up his acoustic for Wonderful Maker.

Back to me on the keys for:

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Joy To The World

It was nice, with the regular lights turned off and just the Christmas lights lighting the room.  I was basically sight-reading the words/chords charts--if you can say I was sight-reading songs I've played hundreds of times each.  I had one little moment...there was a diminished chord printed over the word "of" in the following line:   'Born is the King of Israel'.  The first time through I skipped it, but curiosity got the better of me, and the second time around I played it.  Yick--it was way too...vintage.  Made me laugh.

If you somehow missed my 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' Christmas story from a few months back, you musicians might enjoy it--click here.  For my take on decorating shows, click here. 

Merry Christmas!  For all you music directors:  I've been there, and I hope you make it through whatever big productions you have planned for Christmas Eve, and still find time for family. 

This post is part of Fred McKinnon's 'Sunday Set Lists'.