Weddings
It's really amusing to know that some couples really couldnt care less about the once-in-a-lifetime weddings. Last saturday, i played for the wedding of an unknown couple- I say unknown because I didn't meet them and the arrangements were made via phone.
The choir master gave the bride my number and she called me on the THURSDAY before her wedding just to check 'if I was coming'-how unbelievable! No mention of a practice or a rehersal, and when I asked her if the little prayers were to be sung or said, she merely retorted, "Up to you lah..what do you think?"
I was expecting at least three people to be seated at the choir to lead, so imagine my surprise when there was NO ONE at the choir benches! They picked fairly modern hymns when those attending the ceremony were either old and didnt know the song, or mute yuppies who probably thought that it was 'way uncool' to sing a churchy song. In the end, yours truly had her own little concert-she played and sang her tormented chest to breathlessness.
Makes you wonder what exactly is in their wedding planner, doesnt it? Must be the menu for lavish feast and picking outfits to wear for the six different changes over a 2 hour dinner...God'll be there during the church part and see to all.
Btw, even at the wedding, I never saw the bride and the groom coz i was trumpeting Wagner's and Mendelssohn's, and she was hidden behind the veil when i was not doing anything..
I filled the rest of my Saturday picking concert pieces for my students and swimming in an empty Olympic sized pool- I could only make half a lap and back over and over coz I'm bloody terrified of the deep end (yes, I'm a qualified swimmer but the deep waters still get to me, okay!)
It was so embarassing coz there were three KIDS in the pool who swam all the way, and I peeked from underwater to see the distance between their toe and the floor of the pool-I was shamed, nuff said!
Went out with Sumi, Yogi and Rach to Hemingway's at night- had a good time (which I really, really needed) but I was constantly checking my phone for missed calls or messages, got none! Should have just left the damned thing at home.
The choir master gave the bride my number and she called me on the THURSDAY before her wedding just to check 'if I was coming'-how unbelievable! No mention of a practice or a rehersal, and when I asked her if the little prayers were to be sung or said, she merely retorted, "Up to you lah..what do you think?"
I was expecting at least three people to be seated at the choir to lead, so imagine my surprise when there was NO ONE at the choir benches! They picked fairly modern hymns when those attending the ceremony were either old and didnt know the song, or mute yuppies who probably thought that it was 'way uncool' to sing a churchy song. In the end, yours truly had her own little concert-she played and sang her tormented chest to breathlessness.
Makes you wonder what exactly is in their wedding planner, doesnt it? Must be the menu for lavish feast and picking outfits to wear for the six different changes over a 2 hour dinner...God'll be there during the church part and see to all.
Btw, even at the wedding, I never saw the bride and the groom coz i was trumpeting Wagner's and Mendelssohn's, and she was hidden behind the veil when i was not doing anything..
I filled the rest of my Saturday picking concert pieces for my students and swimming in an empty Olympic sized pool- I could only make half a lap and back over and over coz I'm bloody terrified of the deep end (yes, I'm a qualified swimmer but the deep waters still get to me, okay!)
It was so embarassing coz there were three KIDS in the pool who swam all the way, and I peeked from underwater to see the distance between their toe and the floor of the pool-I was shamed, nuff said!
Went out with Sumi, Yogi and Rach to Hemingway's at night- had a good time (which I really, really needed) but I was constantly checking my phone for missed calls or messages, got none! Should have just left the damned thing at home.
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