Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Minnesota Twin Cities Report

It's been over a week since the CSB was in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN but I really haven't had much time to write to share with you my impressions of the weekend. Hopefully life will get more reasonably paced so I can write more frequently, but I'm not real hopeful.

At any rate we did have a wonderful weekend in the Twin Cities. Our departure on Saturday morning wasn't super early for a change. But since we were flying we all had to leave in time to be able to park, ride the shuttle to the terminal and check in. It was a minor miracle I guess that both going and coming we were a few minutes ahead of the published airline schedule. The flights were uneventful and we were blessed with safe travel.

Bob and Connie trucked our equipment to and from Minnesota and that always makes our air travel a lot less complicated. They always do a great job for us when called upon. It is a real blessing to have them along on any trip that we take with them.

Upon arrival we set up and had a quick lunch before working with the members of the Northern Youth Band. Our time with them consisted of a short massed band rehearsal followed by sectionals. It was fun for me to sit between and work with Nate and Jake in the massed setting. I've met Nate at CMI before but it was my first time meeting Jake. Then we had fun working through the tricky bits in a short sectional that followed. You'll see in the program items I will list below that the CSB and Northern Youth Band combined for a couple of items Saturday evening.

Saturday evening the Trinity Baptist Church was full for an evening concert. It was great to see a lot of people we have known over the years and to make new friends as well. A copy of the play list for Saturday night is listed below but the newest players from the Lakewood Temple Corps were featured in "American Celebration" and the Northern Youth Band played "Righteousness, Peace and Joy". Also, Saturday marked the debut of Shaun Thomas playing "Glorious Fountain" a cornet solo played on his euphonium.

Following Saturday evening we made the long trek to Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie to set up for two services on Sunday morning. This church has seven worship services over the weekend and it had been arranged for us to participate in two of their traditional worship services. It was a little tricky because they were in two different locations so we had to move quickly from one service to another.

After a wonderful morning of worship at Wooddale we had a lovely lunch before heading back to the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport and our flight home. This weekend was surely a wonderful and blessed opportunity of service and worship.

For the band geeks that are still reading, here is the play list from Saturday night. I apologize to the composers for not listing them... hopefully they will understand.

  • "In Good Company"
  • "Post Bellum Rhapsody"
  • "Glory To His Name" (Beth Cooper, soloist)
  • Vocal selections - "I Will Call Upon The Lord" & "Celebration"
  • Testimony - Josh Turner
  • "Ashokan Farewell"
  • "American Celebration" (featuring the Lakewood Temple beginners)
  • "To World's Unknown"
  • "Northern Brass"
  • "Righteousness, Peace & Joy" (solo item by Northern Youth Band)
  • "Walk In The Light"
  • "Glorious Fountain" (Shaun Thomas, soloist)
  • "Artist of My Soul" (Heidi Strand, soloist)
  • Scripture - Lt. Colonel McLaren
  • "Precious Fountain" (CSB & Northern Youth Band)
  • "ARC Centennial" (CSB & Northern Youth Band)
  • "O Boundless Salvation" (Congregation, CSB & Northern Youth Band)
  • "Choral Benediction"

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

This Weekend in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

It's been a bit busy and I've had little time to blog. Sorry about that...

At any rate, the CSB will be in the Twin Cities this weekend. Here's the information I have that some of you may be interested in. If you're in the area, we'd love to see you.

Saturday, April 19

Concert at Trinity Baptist Church
2220 Edgerton Street
Maplewood, MN 55117
6:30 pm

Sunday, April 20

Worship services at Wooddale Church
6630 Shady Oak Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
9:00 am and 10:15 am

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