Monday, February 18, 2008
Well, one more week.
So it seems that since the deacons weren't able to meet until today to make their vote the announcement for the church to vote will be made this coming Sunday (which will function in the way that things USUALLY work in the Baptist church, as my "introduction" to the church I will have now been doing music at for nearly a month) and then they will vote the FOLLOWING Sunday.
This is going to make for fun times getting ready for Easter which will be only a couple of weeks away from my becoming the actual music director...
What has Nick been doing lately?
Just in case any of you haven't heard from me by now about happenings in my life of late: I have been talking with a church in Columbia, SC since before Christmas. I met with the personnel committee in early January and then the first two Sundays of February I lead the music in the services (and rehearsed the choir the two corresponding Wednesdays) on a trial basis.
This past Wednesday the personnel committee voted to recommend me to the deacons and the deacons will be meeting tonight. All things going positively (and I fail to see why they would not) I will be leading the services again this coming Sunday and then the congregation will vote.
I plan to move up here when this happens, since I am tired of the two hours of driving five days a week and would hate to add another day on (and the whole point of getting a church job in Cola is to be able to eliminate said drive), so this timing hopefully will work out wonderfully: if I can secure a place of residence by the start of March I will be able to move in during our spring break (the second week of March, I will have just returned from the ACDA convention in Kentucky).
So, that is what is up. In other news, I'll be conducting my recital in mid April. Everyone should come, regardless of where you live and what other obligations you may have. I demand it.
In singing news, I've added to my schedule this semester singing with the jazz vocal group Carolina Alive (a couple of you got random calls from my psycho cellphone Friday and got to listen in on one of our rehearsals) and a men's ensemble for my friend Adam's recital. (In addition to Concert choir and Grad Vocal) The first Saturday of this month I sang with the Augusta Chorale one more time as they joined the Augusta Symphony for Beethoven's 9th. We sing it here at the school on the 18th of March so I got a bit of a head start on people here.
And since I mentioned it, in case any of you have gotten mysterious calls from me lately where I do not talk it is because my phone has become possessed or developed AI and decides I need to call people at random times when I am not using the phone. I suspect it has to do with my Bluetooth earpiece (maybe it has something to do with the Archangel Network? That reminds me, I need to stick those three eps of Doctor Who onto a DVD for my friend Clay...)... Anyway, I am sorry if it disturbed anyone. Hope those of you who heard the rehearsal Friday enjoyed it.
Klasinc&Loncar Duo (Just trying to help it get picked up by Google spiders, I maintain it for them)