Yesterday, I sang in the UST Christmas Concerts, which I'd say were a success. We were at Orchestra Hall from about 8:15am to 9:15pm, but there were enough breaks that it was a doable day (though I hear that it gets longer each year...).
Being onstage at Orchestra Hall was such a different feeling! Here's us entering for rehearsal (just like members of the MN Orchestra!):
Here's the view from the back row of Lit Choir:
Why I'm in the back row remains a mystery -- understand that I'm holding my phone up to get this picture! Seeing the director was a challenge. :P
Concert Choir kicked us out of our original room, a stuffy little place downstairs. We complained all the way up the stairs, where we were given this room:
Amazing how the complaints stop as soon as we entered it. ;)
The concerts went smoothly -- actually, from what I've heard, this was one of the most uneventful (in a good way!) concerts in recent memory. I played quite a few hands of 500 and, at the end of the final game, stole Mr. Vance's bid (7 no trump; I had two aces, and the rest is history)! He's super competitive and stomped us every other round, so that and our "world premiere" of "The Light of Christmas Morn" were probably the most satisfying parts of the day. :)
(Wow, that makes me sound like a kind of awful person... If it makes it any better, he had just won at least two games prior to this, and some justice was in order.)
And it's been a singing couple of days, because I made my cantor debut today at 12:10 Mass! That also went smoothly and uneventfully (not counting that part when Jesus came down and we all got to receive Him -- doesn't get much more eventful than that!).
To end on a terribly sad note, please keep Erik Nielsen and his family in your prayers. He is a Catholic Studies student here at UST who was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm today and brought to the ICU; they have just decided to take him off life support. We're all shaken and appreciating our families and friends -- put in perspective, life really isn't that bad. Again, please pray for him, his family and friends. Immaculate Mary, pray for us!
Love you all!
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