This last Tuesday at devotional I played the organ!!
It was SO SCARY!
But exciting!
I was really lucky too- I had two weeks to prepare, (meaning two weeks to freak out about it,) and I already knew one of the hymns from my first semester of lessons.
It was kind of scary because I felt like I was playing for General Conference! The building devotional is held in resembles the Conference center a lot, plus they take camera shots that are similar to the Conference broadcasts. I even turned pages for another gal who was playing for the choir. (That was amazing too because I can't play like she can!)
And when it was over I got so many compliments! Even last night I got one, when I ran into a gal from one of my classes while going grocery shopping.
It makes me so excited that I successfully played in devotional. It's like I've been initiated into the organ studio, even though I'm a non-major. I've been through the fire, I can now relate to the other organists! When I was asked to play at devotional, he also asked me to play at convocation at the end of the semester so I get to play preludes for a couple hours too. It makes me so excited that I'm learning the organ and able to use it in my life. I wish I had started lessons sooner! But I kept having 18 credit semesters... silly school.
Hooray I'm an organist! I'm so excited about the organ. My grandma has always inspired me to want to play it and I'm so excited for her to hear me when they get back from their mission!
In other news... we finally went to bed before midnight. It was amazing. I feel like I got so much sleep! Now I just have to be proactive and get all my homework done this weekend....
WOW! Congrats! I was just thinking that I was so glad I never took organ lessons so that playing at devotional was not an option. That would Freak Me Out!! I'm so impressed that you were brave (not because I think you aren't usually, but because I would never have been able to do it). Way to go!
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