Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Fall 2008

Well, it's officially fall, 2008. The school groups are all in session, the church choir is up and running, and it won't be long before the first set of performances and holiday concerts. Random thoughts and questions:

Why haven't we had more events in Redford's new Marquis? Afterall we spent many millions of dollars for this "gem"...so why aren't we using it? Is it that someone didn't plan enough to realize you need a person to manage these things.

Why are church choirs (especially mine) getting smaller and smaller? I have the regular groups who show up faithfully, but why are others so easily swayed from their regular rehearsal night? And then complain when the music isn't learned properly?

Alert...6th grade choir....wow, have they really changed that much since the last time I taught 6th grade?

How come Mozart doesn't write music anymore? Or Bach or Haydn, either? I do like lots of Lloyd Larson music though, even though he's not Mozart.