lah dee dah
I know I haven't posted in over a year. I had gone through some major losses in the year 2006 after that incident with Grady. I have worked through most of my negative feelings over that. I still hurt from it, but it is not unbearable anymore.
2 of my friends in the Twin Cities chorus died within about a month of each other. One died unexpectedly on October 13, and the other had been sick with cancer a long time and had died on November 12, both were in 2006. The family had wanted our chorus to sing at the memorial service of the one that died in October. That was really tough to do. I found that I could not look at our chorus director, so I sang to the wall facing opposite side of the sanctuary from me. She had been really dedicated to Sweet Adelines. I wasn't particularly close, but her death did affect me. I had some weird dreams about her a few days after that memorial service. I guess that's just the way mourning works.
I went to the memorial service for the one who died of cancer, but it wasn't too bad. I didn't get as emotional at that one.
Now it is February of 08, and I am having a hard time with the rest of winter. One of my dearest friends is away in Florida all of this month, as he plays in a dixieland band that frequently does out of town gigs. They have performances all this month in Florida.. the lucky stiff!!
We also have majorly frigid temperatures too and this is our third or fourth arctic blast of the winter. I think it may be winter, but I have been feeling a bit out of sorts and sort of walking around with a perpetual broken heart.
2007 was a bit nice though with the International Contest that we as a chorus participated in in Calgary. We didn't place very high, but our chorus director was proud of our performance. THAT was the big thing in 2007.
That's about it for now. Hope you all are doing ok!!
2 of my friends in the Twin Cities chorus died within about a month of each other. One died unexpectedly on October 13, and the other had been sick with cancer a long time and had died on November 12, both were in 2006. The family had wanted our chorus to sing at the memorial service of the one that died in October. That was really tough to do. I found that I could not look at our chorus director, so I sang to the wall facing opposite side of the sanctuary from me. She had been really dedicated to Sweet Adelines. I wasn't particularly close, but her death did affect me. I had some weird dreams about her a few days after that memorial service. I guess that's just the way mourning works.
I went to the memorial service for the one who died of cancer, but it wasn't too bad. I didn't get as emotional at that one.
Now it is February of 08, and I am having a hard time with the rest of winter. One of my dearest friends is away in Florida all of this month, as he plays in a dixieland band that frequently does out of town gigs. They have performances all this month in Florida.. the lucky stiff!!
We also have majorly frigid temperatures too and this is our third or fourth arctic blast of the winter. I think it may be winter, but I have been feeling a bit out of sorts and sort of walking around with a perpetual broken heart.
2007 was a bit nice though with the International Contest that we as a chorus participated in in Calgary. We didn't place very high, but our chorus director was proud of our performance. THAT was the big thing in 2007.
That's about it for now. Hope you all are doing ok!!