[Magdalen] Hymn choices...

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Any chance you would relocate to Hyde Park, New York? We are looking for a
musician.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 8:38 AM, sheila ketler via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> One Sunday they put in the bulletin that people should stay seated until
> the candles are blown out and the last hymnfinishes... Yes they were trying
> to head out the door. I have never worked in this way before and personally
> I would not have gotten away with this type of behaviour in an Anglican
> church... The head organist got an Anglican job (a job I wanted but didn't
> get..) and she has a full-time organ gig but refuses to give this church
> up... When I heard she gets 150 a funeral I realized that this is a cash
> cow to her... and she will never leave... Not sure how long I will hang
> around there I am severely underpaid... and I don't like the music she
> chooses... and her attitude leaves much to be desired. This is complete
> laziness and the music is horrible... and leaves much to be desired... I
> mean the choice of the hymns I think I can actually play!!! or at least I
> hope I can play.. They seem happy well why wouldn't be be? I am working for
> a pittance..
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>     On Sunday, May 28, 2017 4:42 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>  We always said we could spot the visiting RCs because they'd gather up
> their belongings and head out when the last hymn began. And then they'd
> stop at the back and peer at the rest of us in wild surmise.
> -M
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> On Sunday, May 28, 2017, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > ... from my experience with the RC church (of my youth) because of my
> > mom's involvement until her death last year, 'rote' plans are not
> unusual.
> > At every Catholic church she has ever attended only the first or first
> two
> > verses were ever sung. EVER. She grew to enjoy hymns in her last few
> > decades of life and it always upset her that Catholic churches never sang
> > them all the way through - and she loved the occasional visit to 'my'
> > church (Episcopal) because we *always* did sing every verse.
> >
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