[Magdalen] Ginga's bishop

[Jay Weigel]

Ginga, the "bluegrass mass" wasn't that complicated. We did happen to have
a musician who played for us on certain Sundays who was gifted with guitar
and banjo, but we had a couple of other guitarists including my late ex,
and I filled in on vocals and tambourine. The congregation knew all the
songs; I always said when we did that stuff we sounded like a bunch of
Baptists at camp meeting. We did "I'll Fly Away" and "I Saw the Light" as
well as "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" and IIRC "Blessed Assurance"
which are not technically bluegrass but can sure be grassed up.
Sanctus/Benedictus were done to "Land of Rest" which is found in LEVAS. If
you have a congregation that likes to sing and knows these standards or
similar ones, and you have or can find the instrumentalists, you are good
to go. Bp. Charlie was definitely having a good time. I don't think he was
expecting it but then not much of anyone ever expected St. Barnabas in
those days.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Will do!
>
> Ginga
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ginga,
> > Try watching "Cottonpatch Gospel" as a family Vmovie night (with popcorn,
> > of course). Bluegrass music by Harry Chapin and wonderful re telling of
> the
> > Gospel story
> >
> > > On Oct 9, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm sure y'all needed a knowledge of music to choose.  We have a
> > > tambourine, thanks to the congregation from whom we rent, and we've
> used
> > it
> > > on occasion when we're doing special music.  We have excellent voices
> in
> > > our choir, but no one has thought of bluegrass mass yet.  No banjo
> picker
> > > that I know.
> > >
> > > Ginga
> > >
> > >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> He sure did! And we enjoyed doing it. Not often you have a banjo AND
> > >> tambourine in an Episcopal (or Episcopal-Lutheran) church!
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> That sounds joyful, Jay. I bet everyone enjoyed it.
> > >>> Ginga
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Bp. Charlie is pretty darn cool. We used to do a "bluegrass mass"
> for
> > >> him
> > >>>> at St. Barnabas when he visited. He loved it.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com
> >
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Wow!  Thanks for the news, Grace. Bp vonRosenberg is a very kind
> and
> > >>> good
> > >>>>> man.  We are so fortunate that he is at the SC helm.  Annie
> > >>> vonRosenberg
> > >>>> is
> > >>>>> just wonderful.    I hope you told them about our email lists...and
> > >>> that
> > >>>>> the good folk here saved my spiritual and emotional health over the
> > >>> years
> > >>>>> of the schism.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Hope you had a good time at Convocation.  Our Priest-in-Charge was
> > >>> there
> > >>>>> celebrating his 50th anniversary of graduating.  The Rev. Al Votaw
> -
> > >>> he's
> > >>>>> just as good and gifted as the vonRosenbergs.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Ginga
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Grace Cangialosi <
> gracecan at gmail.com
> > >>>
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> I was at Virginia Seminary the past couple of days for my 25-year
> > >>> class
> > >>>>>> reunion and got talking with a woman who turned out to be
> > >> Rosenberg's
> > >>>>> wife.
> > >>>>>> I told her how happy folks were to have him there and mentioned
> > >> Ginga
> > >>>> and
> > >>>>>> their new little congregation. I repeated my comment about how
> > >> happy
> > >>>>> folks
> > >>>>>> are to have him, and she said, "Well, he's right behind you, so
> you
> > >>> can
> > >>>>>> tell him!"  So I did! What a lovely man! He had very kind words
> for
> > >>>> Ginga
> > >>>>>> and the members of Good Shepherd.
> > >>
> >
>