tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post113491125537228769..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Ghastly Liturgical Stories, Chapter 3,265Dad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1135033692321527712005-12-19T17:08:00.000-06:002005-12-19T17:08:00.000-06:00Well, Praetor, it's possible.The only problem: th...Well, Praetor, it's possible.<BR/><BR/>The only problem: there are a LOT of morons running choirs in the Western suburbs of Milwaukee, albeit no complete idiots are either in parishes immediately south or southeast of the one in question.<BR/><BR/>Now--the PRIESTS in the south and southeastern parishes are, ah, interesting characters....but not the choir directors.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1135031269335850522005-12-19T16:27:00.000-06:002005-12-19T16:27:00.000-06:00I believe I used to sing in that choir. I left aft...I believe I used to sing in that choir. I left after it bacame apparent that fine music wasn't part of the choir's charge for a couple reasons: 1) The woman who "directs" the group is driven by her own very odd concepts of 'inculturation' (the definition of which she does not understand) and 'diversity' (a diversity so narrow as to not include Latin, polyphony, chant, or anything written before about 1970), and, 2) The woman who "directs" the group knows nothing about music. Indeed, she'd flunk an elementary theory test.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1134962154751800852005-12-18T21:15:00.000-06:002005-12-18T21:15:00.000-06:00It's a parish church in my area (west-suburban Mil...It's a parish church in my area (west-suburban Milwaukee.)<BR/><BR/>Can't give away too much, as my spies could be identified.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1134957894303446062005-12-18T20:04:00.000-06:002005-12-18T20:04:00.000-06:00Which Chruch?I have my own Ghastly Liturgical stor...Which Chruch?<BR/><BR/>I have my own Ghastly Liturgical story, a Church around here is having cookies and treats BEFORE the Christmas Mass. I was under the impression that we were supposed to fast for 1 measly hour, I guess Christmas is a day of exceptions, the never shows go to church and the fast is ignored.Fidei Defensorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02236784399852253136noreply@blogger.com