Musician-Spreading: Nov. 8/19

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I sat in the nearest seat to eat, and spread out all my gear & music.

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Singing at St. Tom's Community Meal: Mar. 22/19

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Today at Thomas' Anglican Community Lunch I sang:

What a Wonderful World (Weiss/Thiele),
Dance Me to the End of Love (Cohen),
Folsom Prison Blues (Cash),
Do You Want to Know a Secret? (Lennon/McCartney),
For What It's Worth (Stills),
Here, There and Everywhere (Lennon/MCCARTNEY),
Handle With Care (The Traveling Wilburys),
Bird on a Wire (Cohen),
What Do You Think of Me, Jesus? (Pepper),
Stand By Me (King/Leiber/Stoller),
Chimes of Freedom (Dylan),
Three Little Birds (Marley),
The Rivers of Babylon (Dowe/Farian/Reyam/McNaughton),
St. James Infirmary (Trad.),
Count on Me (Mars),
I'll Remember You (Dylan),
Make You Feel My Love (Dylan),
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da(Lennon/MCCARTNEY),
Hallelujah (Cohen), and
Tie Me at the Crossroads When I Die (Cockburn).

Review: "I love Noel Coward songs: Hallelujah etc." - one of the kitchen helpers. "I love your music ... in the background." - another one.

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St. Thomas Community Meal: Feb. 22/19

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I sang:

What a Wonderful World (Weiss/Thiele),
If I Had a Hammer (Hays/Seeger),
Love Me Tender (Darby/Poulton),
Where Is Your Heart? (Engvick/Auric),
Count on Me (Mars),
What a Wonderful World (Cooke),
Do You Want to Know a Secret? (Lennon/McCartney),
Tie a Yellow Ribbon (Levine/Brown),
Windy (Friedman),
Here, There and Everywhere (Lennon/MCCARTNEY),
I'm a Believer (Diamond) (for Peter Tork),
Annie's Song (Denver/Tchaikovsky),
I and I (Dylan),
Three Little Birds (Marley),
The Rivers of Babylon (Dowe/Farian/Reyam/McNaughton),
Yummy Yummy Yummy (Resnick/Levine)
Michelle (Lennon/MCCARTNEY),
Mr. Tambourine Man(Dylan), and Bird on a Wire (Cohen).

Review: "What I could hear sounded good." - Heather (who does play guitar FWIW).

For other similar gigs, see Richard Pepper's gigs page.

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The New Canada Food Guide: Jan. 25/19

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On Friday my meal was according to the new Food Guide -- I think. (Coffee has water in it.)

This was at St. Thomas' Anglican Community Meal, held twice a month, where I sing background music.

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Dedication of St. Tom's Family Giving Centre: June 8/14

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I provided some background music for the meal which followed the ceremony. I don't recall what I sang, and I don't expect anyone else does either.

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Camp Gitchigomee Appreciation Dinner: Jan. 18/14

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Volunteer Appreciation Supper for Camp Gitchigomee volunteers held at St. Thomas' Anglican Parish Hall.

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Leading Singing for St. Thomas' Anglican: June 1/13

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Leading singing at St. Thomas' Anglican Church's Sat. Service.

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Farewell Andy & Mary Lou Hoskin: June 27/11

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I stopped in for the usual Monday morning prayer mtg at St. Thomas' Anglican, and it turned out that Andy & Mary Lou were in the finishing stages of packing for moving, assisted by their son, Jonathan (also an Anglican priest).

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Camp Gitchigomee Spring Fun Day: April 10/10

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Camp Gitchigomee's Annual Spring Fun Day was held at St. Thomas' this year, and organized entirely by the St. Thomas'/Junior Camp team led by Georgine Salmonson.


A good turnout

Gotta get those logs painted!

It's not "Little Cabin in the Woods".
"Princess Pat" maybe?

Playing the Jim - be.

The Pony Song. Hooray.

Coffeehouse Dec. 18/07

Last Tuesday evening was a coffee house in support of Ramesh Ferris's Cycle to Walk Campaign (re. Polio). The Transparencies had considered performing, but would have been drummerless, leaving only the musicians.

It turned out to be a different "quiet" little affair and so my (sort of) planned solo set turned out quite different, partly because of the presence of St. Michael's Junior Choir, their family and priest.

Not that I'd been planning on swearing; it's just that I decided to go in a completely Christmas/Winter direction, rather than Lost Dogs, U2, Dylan, Cohen direction.

FWIW my set lists (songs in approx. order as best I remember it).

Jingle Bells
Rudolph
Happy Xmas/War is Over

Matty: "Maranda and friends need to sing now." (I accompanied them on a few Christmas songs.)

Then solo again:

Mary's Boy Child
Jingle Bell Rock
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
White Christmas
Little Drummer Boy
All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts....)
Go Tell It On the Mountain
The Coventry Carol
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Private Table Concert for Thomas & Daniel Abthorpe and friend, Riley:

Frosty the Snowman
O Holy Night

Review: "The Leafs suck!" Thomas Abthorpe

Polka Dots and Funerals: Dec. 9/07

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Here are some of the Wandering Minstrels after last night's performance at St. Thomas'. They wore the vests as black (inside out) for the show, but turned them polka-dots out afterwards.

Probably, I won't be volunteering regularly anymore Sunday nights with the Minstrels. I may advise occasionally on drama and guitar-playing.

Afterwards, I had a pleasant visit of wine and cheese with Ven. Andrew and Mary Lou and Matt R., a sometime Minstrel and part time youth worker at St. Paul's.

I also attended a funeral on Saturday at St. Tom's for the father of a friend there. On Tuesday I had attended Judy Nichols' memorial service (led by a hospital chaplain).

I got to thinking: what is the New Testament command or approved example for having funerals (especially as a religious service)? I can't think of any, which realization I have stored away as yet another example of how difficult (if possible at all) to live consistently by that principle.

Therefore, I am even more persuaded to live and lead according a principle of freedom to practise in my own life and congregationally what is *helpful* for achieving the known goals and values of Scriptures, avoiding, of course, practices that are clearly prohibited.

I mean those prohibited in the New Covenant. Othewise, I wouldn't shave or wear mixed fabrics.

I am inclined to believe that we all do this to one extent or the other, even if we profess to live by the other principle. (We have buildings and Sunday Schools because they help us teach disciples, as in the Great Commission. We have funerals because they enable us to mourn with those who mourn [and likely it has never occurred to most of us to question the practice. It seem indecent.] I suspect that most of it is just rationalizing our own traditions.)

So, although there's a matter of degree re. inconsistency, I think it's because the principle is flawed and inherently leads to inconsistency. Therefore, I choose freedom.

There are pictures at the church blog of the Minstrels visit to Northwood.

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Anglican DYU Overnighter: Nov. 17/07

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St. Thomas' Anglican Youth Farewell: Oct. 21/07

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St. Thomas' Anglican Youth: Sept. 23/07

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With John & Robin Peace, guest missionaries

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St. Thomas' Anglican BBQ: Sept. 16/07

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St. Thomas' Anglican Campout Labour Day Weekend '07

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At Camp Gitchigomee

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