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Thursday Singing Night Reviews- on hold for now

My usual practice to write a review of our Thursday singing nights, Sing-along Café, is on hold. 

I haven't felt secure about this 'ministry' of mine. In my mind, it's a wonderful and important thing, but it's not taking off. And, I've been wondering if my music ministry at Trinity should move in a different direction. 

I suggested adding a choir practice in this time slot, for a pop/contemporary Sunday choir, which I could run with a volunteer accompanist, since it is the traditional, usual time for church choirs. Another choir was not feasible, so that's not happening (yet/ I'm still hopeful).

I have been asked to work with the drama club on the music for the Christmas Pageant again, and those rehearsals have moved from Wednesdays to Thursdays. So, I'm now wondering how to manage my Thursday nights with that added in.  

One possibility is to start the Sing-along Café at 6:30, at the same time as the drama club. We could invite the parents/guardians in, and when I need to go out to teach the songs, I can leave the equipment to be used by one of the participants. It's easy once it's set up. I think it might even be fun to include the children and youth for a couple songs before they go upstairs. Inclusivity. 

Partly, the reason for not writing the reviews is that I had a huge distribution list, and although I asked repeatedly for people to let me know if they wanted to be removed, the size of that list was in great disproportion to the number of people who actually showed up. So, a re-set was in order from that perspective too. 

I am considering posting reviews here again. In case anyone wants to follow what we're doing, since it was always so good, what we were doing on Thursday nights. We'll see how things develop. 

Our Sing-along set-up 


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