blog contributors
Journaling here on behalf of the Goshen College Women's World Music Choir are (from L to R):
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Allison Landis
Junior, Psychology major - Laura Dick
Sophomore, Elementary Education/Special Education major - Ana Yoder
First-year, Music & Spanish double major - Chelsea Kaufman
First-year, English major
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responses to the tour
"This concert was unlike any I have ever heard. It spoke to the feminine spirit, bringing to light an extraordinary range of experience and emotions."
Rose Waltner Graber, Red Hill, PA.
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tour schedule
Thursday, February 21
American Choral Directors Association
Central Division Convention
9:45 a.m., 12:20 p.m.
Amway Grand Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Friday, February 22
Central Christian School
2:30 p.m., Kidron, Ohio.
Kidron Mennonite Church
7 p.m., Kidron, Ohio.
Alumni & friends reception following
Saturday, February 23
East Chestnut St. Mennonite Church
7 p.m., Lancaster, Pa.
Sunday, February 24
Akron Mennonite School
9 a.m., Akron, Pa.
Forest Hills Mennonite Church
7 p.m., Leola, Pa.
Alumni & friends reception following
Monday, February 25
Lancaster Mennonite High School
8:15 a.m., Lancaster, Pa.
Philadelphia Mennonite High School
2:30 p.m., Philadelphia, Pa.
Blooming Glen Mennonite Church
7:30 p.m., Blooming Glen, Pa.
Tuesday, February 26
Christopher Dock Mennonite School
9:24 a.m., Lansdale, Pa.
Wednesday, February 27
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church
8 p.m., New York City, N.Y.
Thursday, February 28
Pittsburgh Mennonite Church
7 p.m., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Alumni & friends reception following
Sunday, March 2
College Mennonite Church
7:30 p.m., Goshen, Indiana.
Reflections...
Well, we're all safe and sound back in Goshen, with some time to rest up and look forward to Sunday's concert! Thinking back through the past couple of days, our Wednesday night concert at Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian in NYC stands out to me somehow. We weren't really sure how many people would be there, and I have to admit I was a little worried when the audience numbered exactly zero at twenty minutes to concert time. But as we sang our hearts out to a sparse but faithful crowd of 25 or so, it struck me that size was the last thing of any importance. I realized that we were singing, not because we had an audience, but because we had a song within us that had to come out, that had to be shared. Of course, it's a lot more fun to share songs with an audience, knowing that they are hearing them for the first time- and as I looked out at people's faces, I saw one or two bowed heads, closed eyes from time to time, bright smiles, swaying shoulders, thoughtful looks. As I noticed those responses, I thought about the words coming out of my own mouth, listened more consciously to the collective sound of our voices, and felt myself worshiping more fully through each different response in the audience. It's amazing how much meaning a song acquires, as you sing it over and again, and it becomes more and more a part of you.
Posted at 22:17 by Ana Yoder #