Category: Fun Stuff

I don’t know why some of you are still being sent to the old “fill out this form” page instead of directly to the downloads page, but if you are, please feel free to skip the statistical form and just click “submit” to go to the downloads.

Technology is a wonderful - terrible thing!

Thank you for this free choir music!! Great! We will use and enjoy!

Yesterday, as our men’s choir came up to sing “I Need Thee Every Hour,” I realized I had left all the music in my car. I had only my music to accompany them. Luckily one of the eight men who were singing had taken his music home. So all the men ended up crowding around one pathetic piece of music to sing. (Note to self: when the choir is singing, bring the music to Sacrament meeting!)

One of the problems we have in many ward choirs, especially those that sing copied music on multiple sheets of paper, is the sound of those stapled copies being turned at the same time. The rustling of paper can be distracting, and it is truly difficult to turn the page with no sound at all.
One answer, and this is something I do with our ward choir, is to put the music into page protectors in a folder.
I use black, vinyl folders with three fasteners in the middle for the music in the page protectors. I chose black, because it is conservative and doesn’t distract from the solemnity of the Sacrament meeting service. But I have seen navy used and those looked nice too.
These are only about $1.50 a piece, and will usually last for years. Page protectors can usually be purchased for about $10.00 for 100. So, for a one-time investment your ward choir can turn pages easily and quietly. No lose pages are dropped or lost, and when we are finished performing one hymn, it takes only a few minutes for me to take out the old music and replace it with the new for the next rehearsal.

My daughter teaches at a private school and recently they were learning about George Washington. When she asked the children, “Who was the first president of the United States?” One boy shouted out, “Gordon B. Hinkley!”