MTC #206 - By the Numbers

'Twas another fun Christmas broadcast today with overwhelming support from a very large crowd at the Conference Center. It seems as though nearly everyone loves Christmas music, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir certainly enjoys singing it! Following the broadcast, we stayed for another 90 minutes to focus on more Christmas Concert preparations. This coming week is the Choir's busiest week, but it's great to see the concert all come together and to see everyone's hard work pay off. 

In other news, as the year is quickly coming to an end, I thought I'd go over "the numbers" since sometimes they can be pretty interesting. Some of my friends in the choir will undoubtedly put together really cool info-graphics that will have a lot of these numbers included, but for now, here's what I've put together:

15: number of significant events the Choir presented/participated in*
52: number of Sunday broadcasts
37: number of extra rehearsals
124: number of trips to Salt Lake for performances & rehearsals (for me)
2912+: number of miles driven
320+: number of songs we sang (approximately)
376: number of current choir members
4: number of songs that tied for the most sung song of the year^
0: number of times the men had to tie their tie using the trinity knot

*=Gary Herbert Inauguration, US President Inauguration, Roots Tech Concert, General Conference (x2), Easter Concert, Recording Sessions for future CD (x2), Special Canadian Broadcast to celebrate 150 years as a country, American Guild of Organists Concert, Pioneer Day Concert, Days of '47 Rodeo Arena Dedication, The Primary Children’s and Families’ Cancer Research Center Dedication, 150th Tabernacle Commemoration Broadcast, Christmas Concert

^=according to my log, the songs that tied for the most sung were:  It's a Grand Night for Singing, Battle of Jericho, I Think the World is Glorious, and They, the Builders of the Nation (all songs were sung four times each)

There you have it! What a year.

Until next time, God be with you.