Rock is not finished yet! We had a bit of a reunion of the Rock Touring party for our trip to Scotland, but before we could head up north we had a practice performance at Selly Oak Methodist Church in Birmingham. Helen had trained a small choir for the day mostly made up of people from the Twenties group that meets at the church.
The Scotland Rock Team:
Peter - Devon Brown
Jesus - Simon Cooper
Cornelius - Alan Walker
Various - Jonathan
Miriam - Sarah Moreton
Zillah - Alyson Ottaway
Susannah and trumpet - Helen Pollard
Clarinet - Amy Carter
Flute - Marilyn Ellis
Viola - Annie Routley
Dancer - Laura Rhodes
Dancer - Felicity Norris
Bookstall/Sound/Powerpoint - Laura Cooper
Bookstall/Prayer/Driver - Barrie Renwick
Oh and Roger of course.
So for those of you who are interested, all the principle soloists from Rock were part of this tour except for Bill Carpenter, who was replaced by Alan Walker (he was team leader on tour anyway) and Ann Steer, who was replaced by Sarah Moreton. It was great having Sarah with us - she slotted in perfectly.
The performance went really well - it was a little rusty in places but we made it. Laura and Felicity did a great job re-choreographing just for two dancers, and Annie, Marilyn and Amy did well covering Carole's Oboe and cornet parts for Helen when she was singing or simply playing badly!
One of the highlights of the evening was actually the prayer time before hand. Roger often gets choirs to sing 'Spirit of the Living God' before a performance to get us all ready, but this time it was really special - the harmony was beautiful and there were no voices sticking out. God's Holy Spirit was clearly moving and blessing people.
Special thanks go to Martin, Tristan and Rebecca for setting up the AV.
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