[rodgersorgan] Re: Transcendent Moments in worship this weekend.
- From: <diapason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 11:32:13 -0500
Not this weekend, but a lifetime of weekends ago: Back in the 1950's one of
the TV stations in San Antonio broadcast our worship services for several
weeks. This was a novel experience back then. There was a substantial amount
of equipment involved in remote broadcasting in those days, as well as a big
crew of cameramen and technicians. In addition, the folks in charge thought
that exact timing of everything from prayers to the sermon was highly critical,
so everyone was pretty self-conscious when the first Sunday rolled around.
Things actually went very smoothly until the final moment. When the pastor
pronounced the "Amen" on his benedication, our sweet little old organist
launched immediately into her postlude. The choir, taking her first chord as
their cue, began the choral benediction in the key of the postlude and then
ground to a halt. The pastor, who was murmuring closing words into the
microphone for the TV audience, was thrown off guard and quit talking. The
viewers were treated to 60 seconds of musical chaos as the choir director tried
(and failed) to regroup before the time slot ended!
B.E.
!
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