Christmas on Main Street

This past Sunday night was our Carols and Candlelight service at our church. I, Janelle, sang in our church choir for this special occasion. This is not somethng I normally do, nor have I sung in a church choir since 1997. But they wanted to add numbers to our normal choir for this night and asked some of us to join in. I did, and I'm so glad I did.

It was a lot of fun. Granted, I did get the opportunity to wear a bright royal blue choir robe. I mean you can't beat that fun, right?

Despite that, it was good for me to work my brain musically again. I've taken piano since I was 7, and played the trumpet and french horn in junior high band (definitely the peak of my coolness), but since 1997 when I moved off to college I didn't real do much musically, except I was in the chorus line my freshmen for Hello Dolly, which is an entirely different story. So this was a nice opportunity to read music again.

The songs our choir director picked out were phenomonal. I could have cried and/or raised my hands each time we practiced them, but I did neither. Most of them were not traditional Christmas songs, but they were beautiful. Also, we had a full orchestra, which was awesome! It really made me want to play the french horn again, as the bell was pointed directly towards us the whole night. Thankfully, the horn part was very close to our alto part, so the shear volume of it actually helped me stay on key.

One of my favorite things was that my friend Star and I sat next to each other and got to share some fun times. Plus, I got to hear her amazing voice with every note we sang. And while my husband sat watching the performance, Star's husband was taking incredible pictures of the night, which I stole straight from her blog.

I am so happy with how our church looks for Christmas!




Before we left, we couldn't miss the opportunity to take some pictures in the beautiful poinsettas.