[Magdalen] Easter Vigil.

[Roger Stokes]

This side of the pond the custom in churches which have the full three 
hours is to have hymns interspersed as an opportunity for those who have 
to arrive late or leave early to do so discreetly.

Roger

On 08/04/2017 18:32, ME Michaud wrote:
> The first year, about half-way through the three hours,
> suddenly I felt faint. A black miasma was filling the nave.
> Oh-oh.
>
> The next year I had the foresight to down a bottled mocha frappuccino
> on my way out the door. (I am not a coffee drinker.) Felt like a million
> bucks. Now an annual thing for me. I'd recommend this approach.
>
> But not the approach of a friend, who had three cups of coffee
> before the service and  spent the last half-hour in bladder agony.
> -M
>
>
> On Saturday, April 8, 2017, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In our parish in Michigan, we had a 6 a.m. Vigil one year and the
>> clocks went forward an hour that night. The choir was to report at 5
>> a.m. for warmup, which of course felt like 4 a.m. I sang for that
>> Vigil in one of the worst moods of my life. Then we had to be back at
>> 9:30 for the 10:30 service. Felt awful all day.
>>
>>