Songs for Tuesday, December 24, 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALL!

As you know, we're covering the 5:30 PM Christmas Eve mass. In addition, I've been helping with the planning and coordination of the 4:00 PM Children's Mass. Karina and I will be staying through for both services. I just wanted to put out a few quick notes before we get too far into the holiday week (usual weekly updates for Saturday mass will be posted later).

Since the four weeks of Advent are behind us, we'll resume singing the Gloria starting this Tuesday. Also, as per Father's memo, there will be no Psalm and we're only to do enough music to 'cover the action'. I believe, however, we're still in need of someone to cover the Alleluia - any takers? I'll cover the Alleluia since I had a chance to learn the Christmas verse at a rehearsal earlier this afternoon.


Also, I learned that all the other choirs are having someone cantor the mass parts from the podium in choir section. In speaking with Jonathan, we think this would be a good idea -- it's not essential, but if anyone's up to it, let me know.

Our report time for mass will be about 5:10 PM (or as soon as possible after the 4 PM mass wraps) -- keep in mind that it may take longer to actually get to the Church, as overflow parking is located at Graysdale Park.

Also, I may need help resetting the choir section since we'll be adding a bunch of chairs to accommodate all the kids (pending approval). I'll try to get everyone cleared out as quickly as possible, but regardless, we're going to have precious little time to get set up and underway by 5:30 PM. If there's anything you can do to expedite that process, feel free to do so.

Finally, we won't have a chance to practice anything before mass, so please keep in mind everything we went over on Saturday.

Here's our Christmas 2013 program (I'll leave the song specifics to Jonathan):

Prelude:
O Holy Night (solo w/ accompaniment - Jaclyn)

Gathering:
GC 377 - The First Nowell

Gloria:
Mass of Joy & Peace

Alleluia (Cris):
Mass of Joy & Peace

Offertory:
GC 380 - What Child is This

Meditation:
GC 352 - Silent Night (instrumental - Karina & Jim)

Communion:
SS 114 - Go Tell it On the Mountain (James Taylor-style)
GC 352 - Silent Night (in parts)

Closing:
GC 343 - Joy to the World

Thank you all for your hard work in putting together this mass -- It's been fun, and I'm looking forward to seeing it all come together Tuesday night!

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