Posted by:
Just Once
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Date: April 19, 2012 12:24PM
Recently, a friend's ward choir was practicing a hymn for an upcoming sacrament meeting. It was a hymn most of you probably know, one that my friend loved and was really looking forward to singing.
The choir director wanted the choir to sing the hymn two or three octaves, if that's the term, higher than normal.
At any rate, most of the choir members didn't have the vocal range to reach the higher notes. It was obvious to the choir members this rendition of the hymn sounded awful. A couple members politely mentioned this to the choir director who ignored their observations.
Finally, a sweet, always quiet elderly man politely asked the choir director if she would consider that they sing the hymn in a range the choir members were more capable of handling.
The choir director, with an attitude of "How dare you question me," said, "No, I've prayed about it and was told this is the way we're supposed to sing the hymn." This had the desired effect of ending the discussion.
Naturally, the next week when they sang the song it sounded, as the choir suspected, awful.