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The key tone of a song is not supposed to be a secret that you keep from the congregation until you've sung your way through half the first line. Please do not turn your back on me while finding the pitch. I would like to know it, too.

Thanks.


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dwatkins	I got one better. Today, our song leader led Be With Me, Lord a third too high. At the end of the first verse, he stopped the congregation and said, "Let me lower that a little." He then started the second verse higher than where he ended the first verse! Now if only it had been "Holy, Holy, Holy"... :)
i_wantobe_ready	THANK YOU!
tom_bombadil	This might do more good if you asked it directly of the song leader under criticism.
adamandjessesdad	Interesting... maybe you should ask him why.
kaceyatthebat	A pitch pipe is a musical instrument. I'd hide its usage as well. It's totally offensive. BAHAHAHAHA!
i_wantobe_ready	^^^sadly THAT is precisely why some of our song leaders turn their back to the congregation to get their pitch. In some places there is confusion omoung the brethren about the lowly pitch pipe being a musical instrument. It is NOT a musical instrument, it is an aid to help start a song in the right key. The proper usage of it is to lightly blow the pitch and then sing the key tone anf the starting note for the melody so that the congregation can all start singing on the first note. Whether ot not they do is a whole other story.
adamandjessesdad	It wouldn't matter if it were a piano, as long as nobody was playing a song on it. :-)
kaceyatthebat	Ken told me I should cut out the joking around. Then he cracked up, too. I'm totally intrigued by these sort of church happenings. I can't help it!
goldenwest	I think often times people aren't really sure of themselves when blowing pitch, so they do it quietly to avoid the embarassment of doing it incorrectly.
kaceyatthebat	Yeah, you can guarantee good response with a post like this. Good job! ;)
sparker	I thought song leaders weren't supposed to blow the pitch into the microphone -- I guess that comes from my dad - something about it not being very polite to blow the pitch pipe into the microphone like it's a harmonica -- but you are supposed to then hum the notes up and down before hand.
sparker	yeah that'd be nice - not
meagan	Still Friday at 7?
meagan	I'm going to call this afternoon and see if they're expecting a crowd. It couldn't hurt.
meagan	I bought my ticket tonight. I talked to the staff there and they expect a big crowd and suggest we get there early. Since I get off work at 5 and I'm like 4 train stops away... I'll be there. :) Probably at Starbucks or something. But, you have my number.
chris_milton74	I sometimes envision playing "Axle F" on my electronic pitch pipe prior to starting :)
brandontherunningman	huh?
diannes	We are gonna go again, tomorrow. Woot.
diannes	hahaha :P
iluv2laff	hahahaha... did you have singing night at your congregation last night too? :)
iluv2laff	oh well... i asked because it seemed like everyone was having pitch problems last night. Thought there was something in the air! :)
beunsung	Thanks. I appreciate your comment about my pleo name. There is only one other person to my knowledge that noticed it but that was on XBox Live... Oh and thanks for the thought about the key tone... I'll try to do better in the future, if I ever lead a song around you again. ;)
beunsung	I dunno... maybe if you're ever in Florida or I'm in Texas in the near future. But I don't know... my crystal ball was broken by squirrels throwing acorns at it.
el_magnifico	amen.
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I must be such a glutton for punishment.

11-06-08 08:52pm CST

"Dear Rachel,

We are proud to have you in the RN/BS Program at Texas Woman's University, College of Nursing, Dallas Center for Spring 2009."

.herewegoagain.

By the way.. how come I didn't know Cody Linley was on this season of Dancing with the Stars? That kid lived in my subdivision, one street away from u s growing up. Weeeeeird.


el_magnifico	here we go, here we go, here we go again. aw here we go again
littlebit	YAY!
brianne	I don't get it...is that good or bad?
thearteest	Cody Linley lived that close? Awesome! I've only seen him in Hoot and a PB&J commercial, I think.
kerrigan	I've only seen him in Miss Congeniality, and the front page of the DMN.
diannes	Go girl, that is awesome.
kiss_the_rain	woooow
meagan	Let's go, let's go! What time do you want?
meagan	Oh, I was thinking more like 7. I just got this new "real" job, and I'll be working til 5. Didn't you say you work on Saturday? What time?
meagan	Teenyboppers don't usually go to the Angelika (that's why I like it), but I could be wrong in this case... Let's shoot for 7 on Friday!
iluv2laff	congrants the RN/BS program! You must love school (haha)! Cody Linley cracks me up!
gone2neptune	yeah, it would be so nice to be able to peek into someone else's brain during tests. ha!
diannes	Yeah, you put your finger on it. Bella, seems stiff. 'Edward' seems to play his part well. Keeping my fingers crossed.
yoda	HAHA! I think that needs to be a stocking stuffer! That's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing! How are things going with you? Will we see you sometime this Christmas?
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11-05-08 01:12pm CST

I thought I was going to want to take a break from the political media coverage.

Now I want to take a break from Pleonast, Facebook, and every other medium by which I keep in touch with Christians.

My world is not coming to an abrupt halt. I have not suddenly lost all reason for happiness in life. This world is not my home.

I didn't think a Republican victory would do us much good, either...

I don't know about you.


adamandjessesdad	Amen.
cascadingharmony	Amen!
tangsoodotpm	A hearty amen!
melissakae	Hey, don't lump us all together! ;-)
beckyd	so true- Rusty Miller had a really good sermon on this topic on Sunday.
kerrigan	You are an exception. Several people are. But I am staggered by the numbers of people who I figured are pretty reasonable, who are simply going to pieces. And others who are suddenly turning into people who are just hateful.
txbowler	I must have not gone to the same blogs as you. Pretty much everything I've seen has been of the "trust in God" variety, and mostly positive, such as what he wrote.
kerrigan	You are correct. You haven't read everything that I've read. I feel it would be counterproductive, however, to point out the people who have posted in doomsday fashion.
txbowler	Well, now that I've taken a few minutes of my lunch to read more, I have seen more of a mix. I find it amusing that there are people referring to or equating him as a bad president before he has even taken office. Having different ethical beliefs and being a bad president are not always mutually inclusive.
goldenwest	more animals
emily_marie	Hey, I'm coming home this weekend to go camping with you my love!! I am soo excited about making smores.
emily_marie	Do you know what time we're leaving?
dwatkins	I don't know about everybody else, but I had a wonderful day yesterday. Thank you for wanting to count blessings instead of national/spiritual mosquito bites!
el_magnifico	yeah, you said it pretty well.
beckyd	go here for Rusty's sermon pertaining to the election results. I found it very helpful :)
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my political opinion.

11-04-08 08:08pm CST

The guy covering the election on Fox is wearing waaaaay too much makeup and he looks like a lady.


txvballer	i agree! thanks for making it clearer, rachel.
kaceyatthebat	Dude looks like a lady!
gone2neptune	lol! agreed.
melissakae	I agree! I mentioned it to my family. I was like "dude... his make up is better than mine!"
goldenwest	now we're talking politics
kiss_the_rain	yes shepherd smith..total eyeliner going on!!!
meh	LOL! I like the "funny" spin on political talk. ;)
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Ecclesiastes 10:2

10-31-08 03:12pm CST

A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.


adamandjessesdad	Did they have two wings in the temple?
adamandjessesdad	Left wing and right wing? The terms "left" and "right" apparently originated during the time of the French Revolution and came from the seating arrangement in the legislative assembly. I figured maybe Solomon noticed the wise and foolish priests sitting that way in the Temple.
adamandjessesdad	I went from not explaining, to possibly going into too much detail. Maybe a two-line comment in the first place would have been best.
highflyinwhyteman	hahahahaha. i love it.
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