Songs & Updates for Saturday, September 9, 2017

This Saturday is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Nice job last week! We had a solid Mass with no issues. With a few tweaks to the arrangement, Touch the Earth Lightly went very well. We added an extra bar after each verse, and repeated the last line as an interlude. I don't think this will cause us any problems for the next several weeks.

Due to the larger-than-usual crowd, we also made it all the way through I Will Choose Christ for Communion, so Eva and Jim did a lovely rendition of How Beautiful (here) to fill the rest of the time. Moving forward, we should probably have a second song in mind just for these types of occasions.

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, September 5, 2015

This Saturday is the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Mass went fairly well last week -- nice job, folks! We even had someone give us high praises for the quality of our music, saying it just keeps getting better each week. Also, huge thanks to Tom once again for covering guitar, as Jim was unexpectedly out sick.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, September 6, 2014

This Saturday is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy the holiday weekend!

The music for mass last week was exceptionally strong -- really nice job, all! I was especially impressed with how well 'We Are One Body' went, considering we've only worked on it at rehearsal once so far. We're well on our way to creating a solid, new arrangement of this piece :-)

Songs for Saturday, September 7, 2013

This coming Saturday is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Jim was out last week, but should be back this week. Jonathan and Paul were present to cover, though (Barry, do you know when you're planning to be back?).

Once again, I don't have much in the way of news this week. First, we begin Barry's music selections for September (anyone know who's planning to pick for October?). Second, don't forget to review the harmony for verse 4 of 'Behold the Cross', which we learned from Jonathan two weeks ago (verse 3 also has harmony if anyone feels energetic :-). Third, the Psalm we're doing as a group, something we haven't done in quite a while.