'Tis the season for enjoying seasonal music. To mark the 7th day of Christmas here is some service music from Avondale United Methodist Church. These are he pieces performed by the Avondale United Methodist Church Cathedral Choir and Orchestra on Dec. 24, 2017.
Author: Sir Rhodri
Creational and relational type Renaissance man (writer, singer, thinker) holding to C.S Lewis's credo that if you follow truth originality takes care of itself, (anyway, originality is so yesterday, anyway.) That I have my wonderful wife Jasini is proof enough for me that life isn't fair. If it was fair I wouldn't have her, and instead she is my most faithful example that I am blessed beyond measure. My two adult children are the same unmerited blessing to me. We should all be thankful life is not fair but blessed.
Christmas Extravaganza 2017, Part 3
The final segments of the Musical Feast begin with a clarinet resetting of a soprano aria from Romeo & Juliet, played by Kim Heft: That was followed by two piano solos, one by Samuel Kwon, the other by Stephen Kwon. Samuel Played Somewhere Over the Rainbow: While Stephen played Angel We Have Heard on High:
A Blast of the Past #129: Gingerbread Houses
Actually they are Graham Cracker, but they were fun to make, though sometimes frustrating:
Christmas Extravaganza 2017, Part 2
Today's clips start with A piano rendition of O Holy Night by our church Organist and accompanist, John Livingston: Next we have this clip of an animated singing of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: The final clip for today is JC Tappert singing "Don't Save it all for Christmas": The rest of the clips … Continue reading Christmas Extravaganza 2017, Part 2
Christmas Extravaganza 2017
One of the fun things from years past at Avondale United Methodist Church has been the Christmas Music Extravaganza. Open to all, it has always been a place for people who normally don't get a chance to perform in church to perform, and for those who do to perform pieces they wouldn't normally perform as … Continue reading Christmas Extravaganza 2017
Out of the cold…
Well, today hasn't been productive, unless you count taking a sick day from work to get feelling better, and spending a few hours trying to get the heat working again in the house as the temperature outside drops to single digits productive. But hopefully I will be back to real content posts by tomorrow...
Merry Christmas!
Monday is usually the fitness post of the week. But with the calm of the White Christmas outside, I thought this video post on the holiday would be much more appreciated. This is myself and the Music Director of Avondale United Methodist Church Taylor Tracy singing O Holy Night during the Christmas Eve Service.
The Best Party Ever
Last Sunday was the Sunday School Pageant at Avondale United Methodist Church. It is a very cute production. Today's post is the filmed copy of the pageant, with the warm-up number by the Avondale Men's Trio doing Do You Hear What I Hear? Trio: Pageant:
Choose to be angry
( Note: All the date references in the below post are done present tense; i.e. from the frame of when they were originally written, and not when I finally published them. This article was drafted in bits and spurts, so no date reference can be deemed to help one figure out the exact day or … Continue reading Choose to be angry
A Blast of the Past #128: Halloween
Back in 2009, after attending and participating in the Avondale Trunk or Treat the Sunday before, we then took the kids around to every other church and organizations' Trunk or Treat, or Mall Trunk or Treating options, etc. Here are some pictures from that:
At The Rainbow 