My 15 minutes of fame...sort of!
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| Mon, 10-26-2009 - 8:51am |
I posted a video here a few days ago about the murders that took place in my neighborhood. Our community came together yesterday and had a prayer vigil and a peace march at my church. The church where I'm the music director and the organist/pianist. SOOOoooo, I had about an hours notice before it happened. The pastor emailed me and let me know I needed to play one hymn and a prelude on the organ! AHHHH! I'm a classical pianist and the pipe organ is a new instrument for me. So I scrambled over to the church as quick as I could so I could practice and tons of people start showing up. Then our local news channel shows up with a video camera and a reporter. Holy Cow! I started getting freaked out. But I've learned over the years how to get rid of nerves. Here's the video that the news people put together. You can hear me in a few spots. Not very well though. I was so glad when it was over! You can also see my church, my pipe organ and my pastor (he's asian).
http://www.wmur.com/video/21424660/

What a terrible tragedy...
How nice that you played for the service...
Duke