Merry Christmas everyone! And thank you for your interest and loyalty in reading my blog week to week. It's been a rather challenging year to keep these posts coming every Sunday--mainly, of course, because of this very LONG break the Choir has been on. But being able to share my thoughts each week has been helpful for me, personally, and has aided me in processing various emotions and feelings I've been experiencing during this time.
In prior posts, I've mentioned Christmas songs I like, how to watch the various Christmas Concerts that are being aired this year, Choir music videos I love, and memories of past Christmas concerts. There's not much more to post about as far as Christmas goes. If this were a normal year, we would have finished our Christmas Concert performances, have already had our annual Christmas Dinner at the Grand America ballroom, and solely be focused on the remaining two Music & the Spoken Word broadcasts of the year. We would have reflected on how busy a year it had been, and my friend Siope would have published his typical pictogram highlighting all of the events we had been a part of. And, of course, we'd be looking towards next year and thinking about all of the events yet to come.
Speaking of "yet to come", the only thing in my head right now is a bunch of questions.
Specifically....
*With the vaccine rolling out, when will it be "safe" to sing again?
*Will choir members have to take the vaccine as a requirement to be able to sing with the Choir?
*Will we be able to put on our postponed Messiah concert in the Spring? How about going on tour in the summer?
*Will the group of singers whose 2020 year would have been their last be able to have one more year?
*If "yes" to the question above, will the auditions that were put on hold half-way through 2020 not be resumed until 2022?
*Are additional safety precautions going to be added to the way the Choir operates? Or perhaps better worded, will the Choir operate differently in some way based on 2020 happenings?
*Are there people in the Choir who have decided for various reasons, not to come back? (i.e. "I kind liked having more time in my life with my family....maybe it's time to resign.")
*What new songs have Mack and Ryan composed/arranged?
*What's the very first song we'll sing for the first, live performance of Music & the Spoken Word in 2021?
*Will viewership of the Choir go up, remain steady, or go down in 2021 once the pandemic is over and "normal" life resumes?
*Mack has mentioned several times that the Choir, today, is sounding the best it's ever sounded. Will that quality of sound take time to get back? Or will the Lord bless us to resume right where we left off?
*The pandemic-related trials (and other personal struggles) have changed all of us. When we get back together again, we'll essentially be a choir made up of "new" people. How will that feel? How will it add to the music we sing?
THESE are the questions that wander in and out of my mind.
Should I discover the answers to any of them, I'll let you know!
With that, I bid thee adieu :)
Until next time, God be with you.
PS: Was introduced to this song last week and I fell in love with it. Take a listen if you'd like.
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