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Music – Who Needs It?

August 22, 2015 by sheldon curry

worldIn ancient Africa, there was no word for music or dance or art. Art was life. Life was art. Music was as necessary as water.

The idea of music as special event is a European phenomenon.

The notion of using music as noise filter, customer calmer, or mall /elevator diversion is 100% United Statesian.

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Filed Under: Life

Fun or Done

August 19, 2015 by sheldon curry

Be Fun or Be DoneLook deep into your past Luke (or Leia) Scalewalker.

Remember when you were young and music was never not fun?

Then came lessons and practice time and endless scales and the [cue Beethoven’s 5th … (ta ta tad dum) — classical radio announcer’s voice-over, dramatically]

STUDY OF MUSIC.

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Filed Under: Life, Study, Uncategorized, Work

The C Word

August 14, 2015 by sheldon curry

C

Some say it’s shorthand for one of the most offensive words in the English language.

Many refuse to say it.

Others use it all the time, oblivious to the hurt it can cause.

I say it every day.

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Filed Under: Life, Liturgy & Worship, Uncategorized

Kids don’t hate choir; they hate you.

August 5, 2015 by sheldon curry

client's nameI discovered this fact years ago.

How did I find out?

I learned it from my son.

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Filed Under: Life, Liturgy & Worship, Work

FREE JESUS

July 29, 2015 by sheldon curry

Free JesusLast Sunday, St. Andrew’s guests were The African Community Choir of St. Cyril’s Roman Catholic Church. They gave gifts that were marvelous to our eyes and ears, adding light and unbridled joy to our liturgy.

It was an amazing hour and a half.

Once, during that time, my eyes wandered to the carved, wooden crucifix hanging on the east wall.

I could have sworn it moved and said, “Hey!~ Get me down from here!”

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Filed Under: Life, Liturgy & Worship, Uncategorized

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