[Magdalen] Catching up a bit

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 26, 2017 5:42 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: [Magdalen] Catching up a bit
>
>For most of Feb-end and March the People's Warden and I had been 
>swallowed alive by the demands of our new status, but I think we have 
>managed to turn off or at least control the overwhelming flow of emails 
>that had resulted from what had become a ridiculous open government 
>situation.
>
>So after Church today I felt I would have a clear afternoon in which to 
I>place!)  Our Elizabeth Barlow who is entrenched in the community as a 
>teacher, choral director, organist, and all sorts of stuff leads this 
>and another group down the road.  She mentioned being at a convention in 
>Chicago and I asked if she knows our Dan Brittain.  Oh, yes. ( I think 
>he enjoys rather exalted status in this.)   Such a small world, isn't 
>it?  Anyway, it was good fun and not a great stretch for one who 
>sight-reads and is familiar with the style and sound even if new to 
>trying it.
>
>We sang from two books,  The Shenandoa Book and one with a red cover -- 
>Sacred Harp?
>
>And Holy Week is on the horizon.  Woo-hoo!
>
>Marion, a pilgrim
I am familiar with the red book but not the Shenandoah. I was scheduled to go to a local Sacred Harp Hymn sing, but it was either cancelled or I had a conflict it was only a couple of miles away.

Joe