One of the things I love about the Methodist church is its fine tradition of hymn-singing. Both John and Charles Wesley wrote hymns during their ministry, and Charles in particular wrote some absolute stonkers. Many of his hymns have, over the centuries, been paired with equally magnificent tunes. "Hark! the herald angels sing" is probably the
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That sounds... actually hilarious, somehow. (Though I'm sorry you had to suffer it, of course.) It reminds me of J.K. Rowling's style of representation for particularly boring members of authority. Subtle exaggeration?
I haven't been in a choir since I was in middle school... I miss it from time to time, but I've looked around for non-religious (and non-professional) singing groups, and there seem to be absolutely none. Such is life.
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So I have to wonder if this guy is a flake, or a product of his upbringing and a symptom of a different tradition in hymnody in the British Methodist church vs. the American Methodist church.
Oh, and we just got back from a choir trip to DC to sing in Metropolitan Memorial again. Crammed 9 songs into a church service! (including 4 as a choral prelude, and God Be In My Head at the end). Needless to say, the service ran waaaaay over, but nobody seemed to mind. :)
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I'm glad you had a good trip to DC. Any Moroccan food and belly-dancers this time? :-)
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Hope you had fun on your walk, and hopefully you didn't get too many strange looks.
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