Stake Conference is in a couple of weeks, and the special musical numbers are being provided by a volunteer choir of women in the stake.\u00a0 Tonight I went to the first rehearsal and it was so wonderful!\u00a0 There were lots of sisters there that I remember from the Christmas choir last year and other familiar faces I’ve come to know since then.<\/p>\n
We are performing two numbers:\u00a0 an SSA arrangement of “This is the Christ,” which is a beautiful piece based on a poem written by Elder James E. Faust.\u00a0 I’ve sung it before, and I love it, so it is a treat to be singing it again.\u00a0 The other is the lyrics of “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer” arranged to the melody of an old Scottish(?) folk song called “Homeward Bound.”\u00a0 If you’ve heard MoTab’s CD “Love is Spoke Here” or BYU Singers’ “The Road Home,” then you’ll know the tune I mean.\u00a0 William Joseph has an orchestrated arrangement of it that I love, too.\u00a0 It is just gorgeous with the words describing the First Vision.\u00a0 The only drawback is that we only really sing two verses!\u00a0 I wish it were longer!<\/p>\n
It’s wonderful to be singing again.\u00a0 Our ward choir has taken a month-long haitus, and I’m defnitley in withdrawl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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