For the 9 1/2 years I served as a counselor in our stake presidency, the demands of the calling required that I sacrifice a number of personal interests and activities. One of those was singing in choirs. Since my release last fall, it's been a joy to return to my love of music. I've not only resumed participating in the ward choir, but also joined a community singing group, "The Orem Chorale," that challenges and inspires even more with very beautiful music and a talented, professional director.
When I was a young boy, my mother encouraged me to join with her in being a part of our ward choir. She had always loved to sing, and wanted me to experience that too. I don't recall other boys or men who were in the choir; I do remember a dominant soprano with some professional training who outsang the rest of the amateurs (don't most ward choirs have one of those??).
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| Parker, Idaho Ward Choir - 1900 |
OK, maybe we weren't THAT old-fashioned. But it does seem like a LONG time ago.
