Better

Christmas program practice went better today! With one more practice, we'll be ready!  We had more of our costumes at church (a volunteer had taken them home to wash/freshen them up).  Everyone remembered where they were supposed to go (except the 7th grader who has the last speaking part of the whole program... he missed his cue, but that's what he gets for not paying attention!).  The bell song sounds a lot better too.  Still, we need to practice the songs with our piano player.  If we don't get that practice tomorrow, things might be a little messy Sunday.  

Mrs. E thought if that happens we should just sing from the CD and not have piano accompanying.  That will work for some songs, but not the first two! The first song, the recording is not in tune with the hand bells, and their part sounds not so good. The second song has a tricky start; the bells wait one beat and then come in.  If we play from the CD, I never know when the music will actually start, so I can't cue the bell players when to come in.  Let's hope the snow holds off.

No two hour late start today.  Probably not one tomorrow either, but we may get an early out.  Thankfully, practice is in the morning.  We'll probably get out at noon.  I'm kind of bummed.  I had some Christmas plans for the weekend, but now it's looking like I'll be snowed in until Sunday.  And with the Christmas program that evening (6pm!), I should probably stick around.