Ten Questions For “Folk” Choirs

April 18, 2007

 

1. Why when many churches have perfectly adequate choir lofts do you have to stand in full view in front of/in the sanctuary?

 2. Why should a ‘folk’ group have a sound system roughly the size of a Rolling Stones tour ca. 1976?

 3. The GIRM provides for periods of silence in Mass. Have you read this?

 4. Why are folk groups nearly always ‘led’ by a woman – not very inclusive is it? (and if you are so keen on actuosa particpatio why is everything pitched for castrati?)

 5. Why do folk groups dress for a midweek trip to the pub rather than an encounter with the Lord God Almighty?

6. Why does every intro start “Dum-dum-dum-dum-chinga-dum-chinga-dum-chinga….”?

 7. Is there no folk setting for Faith of our Fathers or Sweet Sacrament Divine? (It’s always Eagle’s Wings  and the like)

8. Given that proper folk artists like Kate Rusby produce music which is by turns melodic, plaintive or joyous, how come most folk groups sound like The Wurzels?

9. Do you really have to start loud conversations immediately after Mass in/in front of the Sanctuary as you dismantle your equipment and as other people are making their thanksgiving after Mass?

10. How do I get rid of you?


Happy Birthday!

April 16, 2007

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“One can only be a Christian in the Church, not beside the Church.”  (Joseph, Cardinal Ratzinger)

 Happy Birthday – Ad Multos Annos!