Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Some of you may be surprised to hear we've gone Mormon (not the least of whom would be me, since it ain't so :D), but we will be heading to the Oak Park Ward Saturday night where William will be a small part of the Christmas program, playing a few holiday classics on piano. After all these years of being entertained at the holidays by sounds of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, I figure this is a good way to get even reciprocate :p Hopefully his playing doesn't shake anyone's faith in a kind and merciful God. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 He's playing the piano? Bill, I really wish I could be there to see it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 He's playing the piano? Bill, I really wish I could be there to see it! Yes Faith, he's playing piano. This will really be his first public performance. Should be interesting. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I hope it goes swimmingly for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I would love to come hear! Our high school choral group often sang during local church services, including LDS services and Catholic mass. As long as the music was appropriate to the occasion I don't think anyone was particularly concerned about the religion (or unreligion) of the participants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 I would love to come hear! Our high school choral group often sang during local church services, including LDS services and Catholic mass. As long as the music was appropriate to the occasion I don't think anyone was particularly concerned about the religion (or unreligion) of the participants. I have a feeling the only concerns will be whether he hits the right notes or not :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wait, they let 4 year olds play the piano for performances? That seems a bit young! Oh. That's right. Tempus fugit.... :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 My younger son is in a choir. Most of their performances have been in churches singing very religious songs. Somehow I've managed to enter the various religious establishments without bursting into flames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wait, they let 4 year olds play the piano for performances? That seems a bit young! Oh. That's right. Tempus fugit.... :laugh: Can you believe my little man is 10? You're right, time flies! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Oh my goodness--I knew he was older than 4, but 10? Double digits! :hurray: Hope he has a grand time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I know 10! My oldest is nearly 13. But I remember when you were talking about his preschool years. *sniff* time flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I admit to doing a double take after reading you converted. I would have assumed you had a stroke. :laugh: (not that strokes are funny) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 My younger son is in a choir. Most of their performances have been in churches singing very religious songs. Somehow I've managed to enter the various religious establishments without bursting into flames. I happen to love the traditional (religious) Christmas songs and hymns the most, in any case. Give me Come All Ye Faithful or Silent Night over Holly Jolly Christmas or Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree any day. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 I admit to doing a double take after reading you converted. I would have assumed you had a stroke. :laugh: (not that strokes are funny) I was going to say "stranger things have happened," but it wouldn't be true :D Maybe if it works out we'll head over to the shul and torture entertain the Jews with a few rounds of Shalom Chaverim and the Dreidel song :laugh: What to do about Ramadan? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I happen to love the traditional (religious) Christmas songs and hymns the most, in any case. Give me Come All Ye Faithful or Silent Night over Holly Jolly Christmas or Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree any day. Bill I'll even take Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree over Santa Baby. That song should be banned from the airwaves... (can you guess what was on the radio Christmas music station when I tuned in to it the other day???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 I'll even take Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree over Santa Baby. That song should be banned from the airwaves... (can you guess what was on the radio Christmas music station when I tuned in to it the other day???) If there is a worse Christmas song than Santa Baby, I don't want to know about it :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SparklyUnicorn Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I happen to love the traditional (religious) Christmas songs and hymns the most, in any case. Give me Come All Ye Faithful or Silent Night over Holly Jolly Christmas or Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree any day. Bill I love traditional Christmas songs. I like many of the others too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 If there is a worse Christmas song than Santa Baby, I don't want to know about it :D Bill Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 If there is a worse Christmas song than Santa Baby, I don't want to know about it :D Bill I hear there is one about shoes that is pretty bad. I've never heard it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Congrats! There are many Oak Parks in the world, but if you are in the KC Metro, we know some of the same people and will likely bump elbows soon. California. Los Angeles. Thank you though :) Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 I hear there is one about shoes that is pretty bad. I've never heard it, though. Didn't I say something about not wanting to hear about it? :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I happen to love the traditional (religious) Christmas songs and hymns the most, in any case. Give me Come All Ye Faithful or Silent Night over Holly Jolly Christmas or Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree any day. Bill I don't know. As a pianist, accompanying Silent Night is one of the most boring things to play. I should burst into flames when I admit I feel almost the same way about I Am A Child of God (and I AM Mormon!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 I don't know. As a pianist, accompanying Silent Night is one of the most boring things to play. I should burst into flames when I admit I feel almost the same way about I Am A Child of God (and I AM Mormon!). Against my controlling nature, I stay out of the song selections and the piano teacher's hair all year. Until Christmas. When playing Silent Night is not something that's up for negotiation :D I still have memories of childhood Christmases with my two Grandmothers singing Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht in their best ancestral German. Bill (who's beginning to feel compelled to check out I Am A Child of God) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Someone down-starred my thread? What-do-you-think, a fan of Santa Baby? :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Don't forget to video! (if allowed anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Against my controlling nature, I stay out of the song selections and the piano teacher's hair all year. Until Christmas. When playing Silent Night is not something that's up for negotiation :D I still have memories of childhood Christmases with my two Grandmothers singing Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht in their best ancestral German. Bill (who's beginning to feel compelled to check out I Am A Child of God) my dh would agree with you. He served a mission in Austria (even though I'm the one with Austrian ancestry) - and Stille Nacht is scaro-sanct to him. Hope everything goes swimmingly for your son. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Good luck to him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer? LOL That's what I was going to suggest. Link to video in case you haven't seen (or heard): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Some of you may be surprised to hear we've gone Mormon (not the least of whom would be me, since it ain't so :D), but we will be heading to the Oak Park Ward Saturday night where William will be a small part of the Christmas program, playing a few holiday classics on piano. After all these years of being entertained at the holidays by sounds of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, I figure this is a good way to get even reciprocate :p Hopefully his playing doesn't shake anyone's faith in a kind and merciful God. Bill How did it go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I am wondering too! I thought of Bill and his son today when I tuned in to the Christmas station, which fortunately was NOT playing Santa Baby this time! Stille Nacht had a very special place in my heart as well, I taught our little co-op choir to sing it in German last year. Brings back memories of one particular Christmas Eve in Austria when I went with my siblings to play Christmas music at a local nursing home; we ended with Silent Night--and everyone joined in singing. It was one of the most tender moments of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 So we had a wonderful time. William played well. It was a very festive event and the people were very warm. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 And, of course, he played Silent Night :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I am glad it went well. Congratulations to William! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 This morning I asked the boy if he was feeling at all nervous, I got back a confident "I got this Dad" sort of response. But as show time neared, the cracks in the armor started showing. But if one was going to strategically pick an audience for ones premier performance, one couldn't do much better than an LDS audience. There's nice, and then there's Mormon nice. He got even larger than deserved applause. And he felt beyond relieved. Me too :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Fantastic! I'm glad it went well. I think Christmas songs are great for a first recital because the kids know the song's timing and sound and everyone enjoys hearing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Some of you may be surprised to hear we've gone Mormon (not the least of whom would be me, since it ain't so :D), Oh good heavens. I'm pre-coffee, and I literally put my hand over my mouth, thinking WHAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTT? And then I reread, just a little more closely. I think I've had my jolt for the day, no caffeine required. How exciting for your son; I am glad it was fun and lovely for all! I wouldn't have doubted that for a second. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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