Handel and I

Last night was the third week of "Messiah" practice. If you all remember, as I am never (never, never!!!) allowed to forget, I am the assistant to the director for this undertaking, as well as the back-up/rehearsal pianist.. Once all the flyers, posters, etc., were made I thought I was home free. This past week I've been taking it easy with practicing. I don't know why I can't muster up enthusiasm for this music. I have been in such a funk lately.

Well, last night it was painfully apparent to EVERYONE that I had not been practicing like I should (read: at least 4-5 hours a day. I've only been getting 1-2).

While practicing with the men Sis. K asked me if I could play the accompaniment to "For Unto Us".

Ha! Psh-yah! As if. I totally rocked it on the one. Secretly I was patting myself on the back for holding it together.

The women then joined us and the other pianist (Bro. S) took over. We went through two of the pieces were working on. When it came to the third, "His Yoke Is Easy ", Bro. S suddenly did not look good. He needed to sit that one out, so I was called up to play. Okay, in my defense I've only been playing it for a week and it's HARD (not "Easy" as the name so deceptively implies), and I've been spending most of my practicing time learning "He Was Despised" so I can teach it to a lady that wants to audition for a solo. I tried to keep it together but it was awful.

Later as I told Curtis about it he was so kind to say, "I'm sure nobody even noticed."

"Ummmm, I think they noticed. Besides all the wrong notes I played, I totally quit playing for about 2 measures before I was able to jump back in. It was pretty obvious," I said.

So now I have to be better at getting face time with my piano. I'm not sure why Handel thought it was a good idea to put SO MANY BLASTED NOTES in that work.

Dang him!

(singing ) "He was despised...."

Well, I gotta go.

(In the monotone voice of the Dunkin' Donuts man from the old commercials):
"Time to play the piano."

(whimper)