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Yet Another Year of Insanity

Musings from the Organ Bench

Tag: holiday party

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Too many notes … too much!

November 28, 2023

If indeed the period between Halloween and Christmas is called the season of excess, I’ve got it in spades! As you may have learned, I have two completely different church positions, taking up much of my waking hours. Let me share with you what parts of the service I play on the organ: Nu‘uanu Congregational… Read More Too many notes … too much!

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Hostess with the mostest ?

December 3, 2022

In just a few days, 400 bentos (Japanese lunch boxes) will be delivered to my condo building for its annual holiday party, the first in-person gathering since 2019. For the last 7 years, I’ve served on the Christmas party committee for this building of 437 apartments and 1000 residents, but this year I’m serving as… Read More Hostess with the mostest ?

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An early Christmas miracle

December 10, 2016

I changed my Facebook cover photo as you can see above, and a number of people made comments about my Christmas tablescape, which is different every year. In the years that my husband and I were in church music, in addition to making the music, we also gave a lot of parties. In fact, the first… Read More An early Christmas miracle

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It started with the St. John Passion

December 14, 2015

You’ll never believe it, but our tradition of inviting all of our 35th floor neighbors to a holiday party began with the St. John Passion in 2004. Carl Crosier always liked to give a party after a big performance, and even though we had just moved into our building and didn’t have any area carpets… Read More It started with the St. John Passion

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