musical memories

Jessica's post about singing made me want to talk about singing, too! I love to sing. Sadly, though, I do not have an exceptional voice. I have good pitch, so I am one of those who "blends well," and that's about it. But I love to sing.

Until the collapse of my church-related activities, I attended Bible studies that included singing at least three nights a week. I discovered something interesting. The more time I spent singing, the better I sounded! This is probably not a surprise to anyone else, but I always thought your voice was the way it was, and you couldn't do much about it. So this was exciting. I very nearly took voice lessons last year, thinking that maybe with professional help I could improve, but I chickened out. Anyway, now we only sing at RUF and church, so I sound pretty bad.

In my sophomore year of high school, the choir director left to have a baby, and didn't come back. So our band director decided that we were now the band and choir. It was a fun time. (FYI, no one sings together better than a band. You're already used to tuning in to each other; it's just a change from instrument to voice. I think this is neat.) Each year during marching season, our director would teach us a new song, and when we won at competitions, we would stand in the end zone with our trophies and sing while the stadium emptied. Nobody else did that. Our "year songs" were You'll Never Walk Alone, Precious Lord, and I'll Fly Away. We also sang this incredibly cheesy song, My Wish For You, at baccalaureate one year, and it still occasionally pops into my head for no reason. :) Anyway, my sister's band now does this, and they sing the same songs, which always makes me a little emotional. :)

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16. Yay!

musical memories

Jessica's post about singing made me want to talk about singing, too! I love to sing. Sadly, though, I do not have an exceptional voice. I have good pitch, so I am one of those who "blends well," and that's about it. But I love to sing.

Until the collapse of my church-related activities, I attended Bible studies that included singing at least three nights a week. I discovered something interesting. The more time I spent singing, the better I sounded! This is probably not a surprise to anyone else, but I always thought your voice was the way it was, and you couldn't do much about it. So this was exciting. I very nearly took voice lessons last year, thinking that maybe with professional help I could improve, but I chickened out. Anyway, now we only sing at RUF and church, so I sound pretty bad.

In my sophomore year of high school, the choir director left to have a baby, and didn't come back. So our band director decided that we were now the band and choir. It was a fun time. (FYI, no one sings together better than a band. You're already used to tuning in to each other; it's just a change from instrument to voice. I think this is neat.) Each year during marching season, our director would teach us a new song, and when we won at competitions, we would stand in the end zone with our trophies and sing while the stadium emptied. Nobody else did that. Our "year songs" were You'll Never Walk Alone, Precious Lord, and I'll Fly Away. We also sang this incredibly cheesy song, My Wish For You, at baccalaureate one year, and it still occasionally pops into my head for no reason. :) Anyway, my sister's band now does this, and they sing the same songs, which always makes me a little emotional. :)

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16. Yay!