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Originally Posted by honeychile
Yes, they are SOOOO slow with some songs that the congregation will probably think I have a bladder problem.
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When I was a kid, my local parish had the dreaded "Mark the Organist". Whenever there was a hymn in the Mass, he would play at least one, usually two or three, more verses than was necessary. For example, during the entrance, he would start to play as the altar boys, lector, and priest processed in, keep playing as the priest prepared the altar, and then KEEP playing as the priest stood there waiting. He wasn't slow, he just played too many extra verses.
This didn't sit well with my father. When I entered eighth grade, there were two Confirmation class teachers in the parish's CCD program. One of them was Mark. My father went to the head of the program and said, "Please please PLEASE don't put my daughter in Mark's class." So I was placed in the other class. The teacher was a priest and an excellent instructor.
(... And now I'm Jewish.
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