An Engagement in Reading
Today I went to the second half of the Exeter All Day Sing in the Exeter Friends Meetinghouse near Reading, PA. It was marvelous. For one thing, it was funny seeing all the familiar faces; it’s as if New England moved down to Reading for an afternoon. Towards the end there was a dance-level volume of stomping, but we sang over it anyway. It was also really hot (almost 40 degrees Celsius) but that didn’t really matter.
I led Russia (107). This is good because it’s been exactly one year since I first led a song (Holy Manna, which is 59, I think). That happened at the same all day sing. I’ve gotten noticeably better during the year. For example, I no longer forget where the altos are. Now, I’m sure that all but one or two of the altos there have been doing this much longer than I have and don’t need me to remind them that they come in after the tenors, but it’s just not nice to forget the altos.
The title of this post is only funny if you pronounce Reading correctly as “Redding”.
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