This was the 3rd Sunday running that I've covered a Methodist church gig for a colleague who had to leave town to be with her dying mother. (What could I say when she asked but "Yes, of course!") This morning the lead tenor tapped me to join him in the pulpit to lead the offertory hymns. The first one was an old favorite, but the second one was one I'd never heard before. Just imagine - I'm up there in front of God and everybody, with a mic 12" from my mouth as I sight-sing a hymn I was completely unfamiliar with!
Two things saved me - Ian was singing the melody loud and strong, and it was a 19th-century hymn, so I could do a lot of successful guessing. Naturally, I had to tease Ian about it in the choir room afterwards. 😄
I never thought much of my sight-singing skills, but maybe I'm better at it than I thought. Not on a par with the music majors I rub shoulders with at school, but perhaps not as bad at it as I think I am.
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