So yesterday we had one of those music testimony meetings where people can come up and bear their testimony about a certain hymn. Then the whole congregation sings one verse of the hymn. It was great! Very spiritual, very beautiful.
Until I ruined the whole thing.
You see, I was one of the music conductors for the meeting. Another sister and I were tag-teaming, taking turns leading the songs. Somehow I ended up with all the tricky ones! (3/2 time, REALLY? Thanks a lot, John B. Dykes.)
One of those tricky songs was "Come, Come, Ye Saints," which switches back and forth between 4/4 time and 3/4 time. I was SO focused on switching from ending in 3/4 time to starting again in 4/4 time that I forgot we were only supposed to sing ONE VERSE!
Trevor had stopped playing the organ, and the congregation had stopped singing... but I was so focused on getting that rhythm right that I didn't even notice.
I belted out a magnificent "WHYYYYY!!" It was beautiful. It was worthy of an opera.
I started mentally congratulating myself on both getting that tricky rhythm right AND singing beautifully. THEN my brain finally remembered that we were only supposed to sing one verse... and I realized that there was no organ playing... and no one else singing except me.... and I sat down as quick as I could. Everyone was laughing, including me!
That is one music testimony meeting I'll never forget!
Love you Cassie :) Thanks for the laugh! You're seriously the cutest.
ReplyDeleteIt was great! You are so cute that you can make anything OK by laughing it off.
ReplyDeleteI loved it Cassie! Your voice is so beautiful you needed a solo!
ReplyDeleteAh, I'm sad I missed it! You have an amazing voice!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me laugh aloud! On a different note, my home ward used to have one of those testimony meetings as a yearly tradition (Sunday after Christmas) until we were condemned by the Stake presidency for it. I was very disappointed!
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