Songs & Updates for Saturday, November 19, 2016

This Saturday is the Feast of Christ the King, and the last Saturday/Sunday of Liturgical Year C.

I wasn't at Saturday Mass last week, so I don't have much in the way of updates (I did help out our counterparts at the 9 AM Liturgy, though :-). It sounds like there may have been some challenges pulling together intros, but I also heard that you guys managed to surprise Father Charlie for his Birthday, so nice job!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, November 12, 2016

This Saturday is the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Nice job last week! There were one or two minor issues with intros, but everything otherwise went pretty smoothly. The Psalm was definitely a highlight of the night -- check it out below if you missed it.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, November 5, 2016

This Saturday is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

It was great to be nearly at full strength last week! We had a few slightly-iffy intros and two Baptisms, but everything overall went pretty well. Jim, Jonathan and Maggie also did a lovely rendition of 'Grace Revealed' as a prelude. There was a technical issue with my audio recorder, though, and nothing was captured (grrr....).

I missed mentioning this in my last post, but please welcome Jeff to the group! Ginny recruited him to join us last week.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, October 29, 2016

This Saturday is the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We were a little short on instrumentalists last week, but ended up with a nice group of singers. Mass was overall pretty solid, and it was nice to 'keep things simple' for a change. Thanks to everyone who was able to be there!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, October 22, 2016

This Saturday is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Nice job last week! We mostly had a program of fun, familiar tunes, and despite being light on singers, everything went pretty smoothly. Thanks to Jonathan for joining us on bass!

I apologize in advance for the longer-than-usual post -- the last week as been a bit eventful.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, October 15, 2016

This Saturday is the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Last week's program was quite a bit of fun and went really well! Thanks to all who were able to be there, especially the Davis's for taking on the Psalm :-)

Songs & Updates for Saturday, October 8, 2016

This Saturday is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Huge shout-out to Eva for being our sole instrumentalist last Saturday! Special thanks as well to the folks who stepped up to cantor the Psalm, Alleluia, and the first part of the Communion song!

Despite being short on musicians and a compressed rehearsal, we had a nice-sized group of singers and Mass ended up going pretty well.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, October 1, 2016

This Saturday is the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Mass last week was pretty solid. Thanks to everyone who was able to be there, especially Jonathan for helping us out on bass and Frances for joining us for the first time on flute!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, September 24, 2016

This Saturday is the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Very nice work last week! I think several of our more fun and upbeat tunes speak for themselves: (here), (here) and (here). Special thanks to Jonathan and Barry for (re-)joining us!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, September 17, 2016

This Saturday is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Thanks to everyone who was able to be at Mass last week! We had a visiting priest and the Liturgy was celebrated in the Parish Hall due to the Great Worship Space Flood of last Thursday/Friday. The setup is a bit different than our usual Easter/Christmas configuration, but it still did the job nicely (huge thanks to the staff for getting this up and running so quickly on Friday!). Like others have mentioned, despite the microphone challenges, it was a refreshing change in pace and a good warm-up for Christmas Eve :-)

Songs & Updates for Saturday, September 10, 2016

This Saturday is the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Nice job last week, folks, and I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy the holiday weekend!

Jim and Maggie were out, but Eva, Joe and Jonathan were available to round out our instrument section. All the songs went pretty smoothly, and I was especially pleased with how well the Communion song turned out (check it out below!).

Songs & Updates for Saturday, September 3, 2016

This Saturday is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We were very short on musicians last week, but didn't run into any major issues. Special thanks to Eva for covering piano, Ben for helping me out with the Psalm and to everyone else who was able to be there! It was also great to see so many of you at the Group Therapy concert to support Jim, Jonathan and Maggie in their new musical endeavor!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, August 27, 2016

This Saturday is the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Thanks to everyone who was able to be at Mass last week! Jim had something come up and wasn't able to be there, so Maggie and Joe made up our instrument compliment for the night.

I'm not usually a fan of pulling off largely a capella Masses without advanced planning, but most of our tunes turned out pretty well. Adding in harmony helped to fill in the gaps, while Joe's percussion minimized tempo issues.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, August 20, 2016

This Saturday is the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Once again, very nice work last week! Mass was pretty strong and everything went smoothly even with a visiting priest. Special thanks to Jonathan for dropping by to help us out!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, August 13, 2016

This Saturday is the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Despite a condensed rehearsal last week, we once again pulled off a very strong Mass! Special thanks to Mr. Zach for dropping by and adding his funky bass line to our tunes!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, August 6, 2016

This Saturday is the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Mass last week was very solid and definitely one of our strongest in a while! Everything went smoothly (even with a visiting priest) and I heard some excellent vocal and instrumental harmonies. It was great to have both Joe and Jonathan with us as well -- speaking of Joe, I'd like to officially welcome him back to the group as our percussionist!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, July 30, 2016

This Saturday is the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Mass last week was overall pretty solid and 'Standin' in the Need of Prayer' was quite a bit of fun to sing. Thanks to everyone who was able to be there!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, July 23, 2016

This Saturday is the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Huge thanks to everyone who was able to be at Mass last week! We were a bit light on singers, but for the first time in weeks, had a full compliment of instrumentalists, including two guitars, violin, piano and percussion. It was a pleasant surprise to have both Jonathan and Joe (percussion) with us! It wasn't a perfect Mass, but it was definitely one of our strongest in a while. Like others have mentioned, if we had this kind of manpower on a regular basis, we could really do some cool stuff :-)

Songs & Updates for Saturday, July 16, 2016

This Saturday is the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We had a nice-sized group of singers for Mass last Saturday. Jim and Maggie covered instruments, and Mass was one of our strongest in a while. Thanks to everyone who was able to be there! I especially enjoyed doing 'Servant Song' a capella. 'Taste and See' was also starting to come together nicely during rehearsal, but we ran into an instrumental tempo issue during Mass.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, July 9, 2016

This Saturday is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Thanks to everyone who was able to be at Mass last week -- there were a few minor issues, but Mass overall went well. Special thanks to those involved with 'America the Beautiful' for both our 'practice run' as a warm-up before Mass, as well as our postlude performance.