[Magdalen] Music memories

[Lynn Ronkainen]

know exactly where that is... I was on Manor Road... the 'landmark' for our 
street was that Cadillac Dealership on the corner ...

I rode my bike to Derby, sometimes in good weather!

tiny world..
L

My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com


website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 11:25 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Music memories

> Yes, Lynn! We lived on Villa, just a block off Adams, and about three 
> blocks down from Maple (15Mile).
> I walked to Derby Jr. Hi.
> I can picture where you lived...
>
>> On Dec 23, 2014, at 11:59 AM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Was St. James the church next to the big Jacobsons?  I knew you were in 
>> MI/Detroit 'area'... but where did you live Grace?
>>
>> I lived down a rather hidden road just before 16mile/Big Beaver, on the 
>> SE corner of Woodward and 16.
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>> My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
>> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>
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>> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 9:24 AM
>> To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: [Magdalen] Music memories
>>
>>> It always takes me surprise when a piece of music triggers an unexpected 
>>> memory. I was just listening to "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" on NPR and 
>>> remembered the first I ever sang it. I was absolutely there again.
>>>
>>> I was 11 or 12, and our junior high choir of 7th and 8th graders--a very 
>>> large group--sang it for what I remember as the ordination of a deacon. 
>>> I thought it was the most beautiful piece of music I'd ever heard. The 
>>> funny thing is that I don't remember anything else about the service, 
>>> even the bishop, though he would confirm me a year or so later. And in 
>>> those days there might not even have been Eucharist. I couldn't have 
>>> received anyway.
>>> For you cradle folks I'll note that our organist/choir director was Kent 
>>> MacDonald, who I believe was president of the AGO at one point. The 
>>> church was St. James in Birmingham, MI; rector was Harold Towne; (MISTER 
>>> Towne, of course!); and I think the ordinand was Fletcher Plant.  He was 
>>> an older man, so I think he was probably a vocational deacon.
>>