This is Brother Ryan Eggett and Sister Emily Wadley. They are our choir directors. Brother Eggett directs the MTC choir and Sister Wadley will direct the MTC sister's choir for the broadcast. Sister Wadley can only be there for half the practices so Brother Eggett directs us every other day. He works with us on getting the notes right and the words memorized, while she fine tunes the dynamics and helps us
not to look stupid, silly, odd, look good while we are singing. Today they recorded us singing and then played it back with no audio. Suffice it to say I was not complaining that the tall sister in front of me blocked my face. We need work. Both of these individuals have strong testimonies, are incredibly talented and understand the power of music. They are both pretty funny too and make the 90 minutes we are there each day fly by. It is a blessing to learn from them.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from choir practice:
"Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape."
"It doesn't have to perfect for you to enjoy it."
"You are wonderful unique person but sometimes you need to be what's needed"
- KZ translation - worry more about how you can meet others needs than how you can impress them.
"Your faith in all things makes you strong enough to discover where your weaknesses are"
1 comment:
Sounds like they are great people to work with! I'll be keeping my eye out for you when they span the camera over the choir!
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