As mortality would have it, I was battling a cold this entire week and therefore didn't feel a whole lot like continuing my memorization journey. So, I put that on hold and shifted all of my energy to getting through my work responsibilities each day--dealing with customer escalations and making a tough hiring decision. After work, I just took it easy--all the while wondering why noses weren't more resilient and robust in handling the effects of the cold virus... and being thankful for Kleenex, of course.
Fortunately, the cold didn't hit until Tuesday, which allowed me my trip into the Tabernacle Monday morning and also allowed me to enjoy a dinner with my carpool group (Alan, Ben, and Willy) that evening. The trip into the Tabernacle was nice and I even got to see and wave to Ryan Murphy briefly which seemed to make the whole going-back thing all the more real. The dinner was also nice--it was fun to catch up with these guys I've come to love and appreciate and rely on. We talked a lot about what we've been doing this summer, how work is going for everyone, and talked about Choir itself quite a bit. The topic of whether or not we'll be required to show proof of vaccination our first night back, came up, and none of us quite knew the answer to that question. Nor did we know what the answer should be. It's clear we have to be vaccinated. But whether it will be required to show proof (versus the honor system), we just don't know. At any rate, soon the dinner was over and we realized that the next time we meet together, it'll be Thursday, Aug 26th, as we carpool in for our first post-pandemic rehearsal.
In our newsletter this week, we were given the songs we'd be singing for our "back-from-the-pandemic" debut performance of Music & the Spoken Word (Sept 19th). I am not at liberty to tell you what they will be, but I can tell you that the performance will include some well-loved favorites and some new songs as well--all memorized of course. So make sure and tune in! I can't quite yet fathom the amount of energy, anticipation, and feelings of the Spirit that that performance will contain.
But it will be quite the event to remember.
Until next time, God be with you.
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