[Magdalen] Homing Pigeons.

[Jay Weigel]

I will definitely say that Lutherans sing, and they don't worry about
whether they "can" or not! Everybody at Reformation sings, from the oldest
to the youngest. I just don't see  people standing there with their hymnals
open and their mouths shut, unlike in Episcopal churches I've belonged to
most of my life. I got quite a kick last night out of listening to Vera,
not quite 4, singing lustily behind me, with "la la la" when she didn't
know the words. She also, I might add, knows the Lord's Prayer perfectly,
although the accents are sometimes placed strangely and I wanted to giggle
at "tresPASSes". She is SO serious!


On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 5:02 PM Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:

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> >From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
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> >Sent: Dec 25, 2016 4:29 PM
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> >To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
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> >Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
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> >Subject: [Magdalen] Homing Pigeons.
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> >Good friends of ours in the MN Twin Cities moved to the Greenwich, CT
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> >area in June of 1956.  The couple was native to MN, but "took" to the  NE
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> >USA, and sang in a couple of the excellent Episcopal church choirs in
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> >Stamford and Greenwich for decades.  To my surprise, they  announced
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> >years in CT.  I should add that neither of their children live in the
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> >Their Christmas card arrived yesterday, and they sound contented in  their
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> >condominium overlooking a small lake and wildlife area.  They  searched
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> >about for a suburban Episcopal church with a choir of the caliber they
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> >used to in the East, and discovered there was only one each in the
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> >respective downtowns of both Minneapolis and Saint Paul.  They are in
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> >mid-eighties now, and did not want to get started driving into the
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> >They decided to try a neighborhood ELCA (Lutheran) parish, and though
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> >the choir isn't great in their words, "Boy, can those Lutherans  sing!"
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> >All I can say is that if this choral-seasoned couple can be happy  singing
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> >with this Lutheran congregation, Martin Luther has done his job well.
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> That's the truth   David. If the congregation sings I can be happpy. Now
> when there's a magnificent choir and a singing congregation that's heaven
> on earth1
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> So last night I went the middle of the road service (incense free)
> wonderful music, enough Noels to satisify this French Canadian and glorious
> anthems and a wonderful Anglican chant with great accompaniment for the
> psalm. The later service would have been Missa s JOannis de Deo by Haydn
> with stinrgs with Haydn English trios as a prelude, too late for my
> friends, Shannon received my congratulations with grace but was embarrassed
> by the "Low Church" servie at 7:30. I'd say the "Low Church" service was
> National Cathedral quality (sans encens)
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> They sang the Lord's Prayer (a plus for many Episcopalian churches) and
> did an adaptation of la Venue de Noel for the Fraction Anthem (The more
> French you get, the more you attract me)
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> This was the first year in a while that I had no gigs during the Christmas
> Season, but when I do it is primarily POlish or Slavic and french with a
> little Appalachian trown in.
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> I was thinking of  you up in the Poconos. HOw far are you from McAdoo I
> had a same sex engagement there about 20 years ago that gave me plenty to
> think about. Fortunately I have thought about it, and have upgraded my
> pastoral policies. McAdoo has a gorgeous Byzantine Catholic Church, their
> ladies make fine pirohi, they still had holy water fonts in the 90;s but
> everything else was right (full icooastasis etc. etc.)
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