Today was just one of those days I wasn't really excited to get up early and go to the Tabernacle to sing. Any of you who know me, know how extremely grateful and humbled I am at being able to sing with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. So my not wanting to go sing today had nothing to do with that. It's just sometimes you get tired and life is busy and when faced with responsibilities--even ones you normally love--you just want a break. Nothing wrong with that. I actually could have taken a break and not gone in, but I have some family things going on this coming Thursday for which I'll miss rehearsal for so because of that fact, I got up, got ready, drove to my carpool spot, and got a ride into the Tabernacle to perform Music and the Spoken Word.
The crowds continue to amaze me. Even with it being in the 30s this morning, temperature-wise, they just kept coming in the doors. And by 9:30, we had another full house eager to see us perform.
I pushed through my fatigue, trying my best to make the songs come alive for me and hone in on the wonderful themes we were singing about. And while I don't think I did a great job, I think I did OK, all things considered. What always motivates me the most on days like today, is looking out at the audience, getting a feel for who they are and why they had come. Whether it's tears or smiles, or just intense staring (or even disinterest) being exhibited by the audience members, everyone there was being surrounded and immersed in the music and those with open hearts were being influenced in just the way they needed to be. The other thing that motivates me is the people and friends around me. I feed off of their excitement and happiness and I siphoned off an extra dose of that today.
The song I enjoyed singing the most today was THE GROUND. Not a very flashy title, but if you hear it in the context of being "grounded" in truth and in our Savior Jesus Christ, it takes on a whole new meaning. You can give it a listen, HERE.
Not much of an inspiring blog entry for you--I'm sorry. But I'm just keeping it real. Next week after the broadcast, we start learning Christmas music for our concert in December. I can't believe it's already THAT time. However, I'm really excited to delve into Christmas music which I think includes some of the best pieces of music ever written. We'll have eight extra rehearsals between now and the concerts, six of which we must attend, and that will take us right up to Christmas Concert week where we basically tell our loved ones farewell and we'll see them after the week is over. :)
Until next time, God be with you.
PS: For the last 248 entries, I've started each title with "MTC", meaning "Mormon Tabernacle Choir". But I realized today that I need to change the acronym to align with our new and improved name. TCATS.
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