Yesterday our band played at a Concert in the Park that several of the area
churches put together. There were six churches that provided the talent, and one
church was in charge of coordinating them all. Our church was the fourth church
in the line-up.
The last time we played out (at a church a week ago) we
played cold without a sound check, and I couldn't hear myself sing. We had
wanted to make sure to get there early to set up this time and hopefully get
things adjusted the way we like them. We had been told that one of the churches
was bringing their equipment and that it would be good if everyone else could
just use their equipment, but after the last experience with that we asked our
pastor if we could just bring our own equipment. He didn't seem to think there
was a problem with that, so we showed up an hour early with all of our own stuff
to set up. The church that was in charge was already there setting up the sound
system, and they said that there was no way that all the bands were going to be
able to come set up their own equipment. Sure enough, all the other bands showed
up with their own stuff. There were four drum sets, four keyboards, etc and
everyone wanted to use their own stuff. We ended up using our own instruments
but their mics and sound system. We still didn't get a sound check, but they
managed to get the volume up on the vocals this time and we sounded really good
this time. We also have a new member of our band--we brought in another lady who
sings and playes guitar. So we're up to six members.
Next Saturday we
play at another outreach. We aren't sure yet if we're going to bring our
skateboard equipment or not. The church that we attend ended up deciding not to
do skateboard ministry because they found doing it on their property would raise
their insurance rates $1500 a year. The mayor is interested in building
something at the park. We asked around to find out who would be liable if we
brought the equipment to the outreach, and it seems the guy planning it would be
the one liable. So we need to ask him if he still wants us to bring it.
I'm excited about Saturday, though--an old friend of mine is bringing
his band, too. I used to go to church with him growing up--actually, he was my
first boyfriend when I was eight years old. He also dated my sister for a couple
of years. Erick and I got to be friends with him after we got married, but it's
been years since we've seen him and I've never met his wife.
But in the
meantime, we're not going anywhere this week. Abby, Rachel, and Timothy all have
chicken pox. I noticed this morning that they all have rashes. According to the
medical dictionary, you're contagious 2-3 days before the rash appears until
about a week after. They said they noticed them yesterday. So they've probably
already exposed half the town to them, since they spent all afternoon yesterday
playing with kids at the Concert in the Park, and they were at church yesterday
morning, and Friday and Saturday the girls went to a Missionettes camp-out. I'd
always wondered if Abby would be immune to chicken pox or not since I had them
when I was pregnant with her, but I guess she wasn't.
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