End of Music Week

A week ago, I'd be doing the last tasks to get ready for Music Week: the cleaning, the final shopping, he laundry, some cooking. I was grateful to have so much in place--food in the fridge, clean clothes--because the pace of Music Week feels more jam-packed every year.Yesterday was a day of final rehearsals and then concerts and worship. I went to the kid's concert--I am amazed at how the director is able to take a group of very young children, all under the age of 8, and get them focused and making good music.I was able to record the Adult Choir during worship--they had 4 pieces for the prelude part of the service and 1 piece for the response to the Confession, 1 piece as a response to the Bible reading, and 1 piece for the Offertory. If you'd like to hear them, I posted each one separately on my YouTube channel.I was the Communion assistant, which went well for the most part. Closing worship was held at the Chapel, which has no HVAC system, so we were all sweaty. I was briefly…