Happy Easter!

We've just come home from church at Dummerston. A lovely service, and the choir was especially fine this morning. We sang three anthems this morning: William Billings' Easter Anthem, the wonderful Dutch Easter Carol, This Joyful Eastertide, and Handel's Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah. Plus an Introit, Prayer Response, and Benediction Response. A lot of singing. They were great.

    Easter Sunday Choir at Dummerston 

            Easter lilies galore! 

Normally, we would have gotten up at 5am this morning, and gone to the Guilford church Sunrise service to lead music, but because I've been fighting a cold for two weeks, Lise let me off the hook, and we didn't have to get up until 7am. In an hour or so, we'll head down to Shutesbury for Easter dinner with Katie and Savanna. We had a meal with John and Cynthia Friday eve. Last week was a full week, as Holy Week usually is. Right now, we are listening to a recording of Handel's Messiah made back in 1985 by the Blanche Moyse Chorale in Brattleboro. Both Betsey and I are singing in the Chorale, and the soprano soloist is a young Dawn Upshaw, just before she became a Met star. It is a magical performance in every respect. The choruses are awesome!