Last week Elaine was busy with practices for her choir concert which I attended on Saturday evening. It is quite impressive that they got about 600 people out on a cold Saturday night to their concert. They first performed Te Deum by Charpentier which was composed in the late 1600s. It was said that King Louis XIV of France decreed this piece be played at all official ceremonies. This was a very enjoyable hymn of praise with the choir, soloists, orchestra and pipe organ. The longer part of the program was The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Ken Jenkins which they performed before in December 2007 (when Ky and Lyn were in the choir.) The Armed Man is quite a dynamic performance with goes from the glory of war to the horror of war to remembrance and then to the promise of peace. It starts out with the choir singing to the beat of the drums and marching feet of the choir (army) and then builds up in the "war" part of the performance at full volume. It is quite an experience that has you wide awake with timpani and drums at full volume with the orchestra and choir. It was a lengthy performance which finished with some beautiful songs of peace. Now the next concert to look forward to is the annual Handel's Messiah on December 15.
On Sunday afternoon/ evening all the church was invited to celebrate little Rueben's first birthday. The Riders were in the western final so the main event was eating supper while watching the football. It was a lot of fun watching the game with the group. The game didn't look too promising at first but the Riders seem to always let the other team get a lead at the beginning before coming back for the win. We had birthday cake at half time and then more visiting while Rueben opened presents after the game. It was a good time.
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