Tag: choir
We Are Plains People, And Our Music Has Tornadoes
April 26th, 2009, 3 Comments
There’s little that scares Kansans more than a good tornado. And, truth be told, there’s little that excites us more than a good tornado, either. After all, we know it’s going to be good for a story. Here on the plains, it is easy to remember how powerful nature really is. Weather sweeps in from [...]
Vorsanger
March 9th, 2008, 11 Comments
This October, our church celebrates its hundredth anniversary. All this year, every so often, we are having brief “historical moments” during church. Today, our temporary choir director — and my high school band teacher — was a Vorsanger. He got up during church and discussed how hymn singing was done in the early days of [...]
Church Choir
February 27th, 2008, 1 Comment
Every year on Good Friday, our church choir joins with the other church choir in the area for an evening choir program. This year we are performing The Seven Last Words of Christ by Theodore Dubois. It’s a challenging and beautiful piece. We’ll have our combined choir, plus pipe organ and various other instruments. Easter [...]
