Strike the Music!!!!

Choir performance tonight!!!! And ...it....was....AWESOME!!!! LDC was asked to perform in the Semi-annual(I think its semi-annual anyways) Church music festival. After a smashing December (with seriously a gabazillion performances) we came back from Christmas break 5lbs heavier and ready to go. Until we encountered the black folders with 20 songs in it that we all had to have memorized in 1 and a half months! What was Bro. Eggett THINKING!!!! Needless to say after many many MANY hours of grueling personal practicing and countless rehearsals (some ending in tears), we tentatively boarded the bus up to SLC frantically thinking.."Its okay Bro. Eggett said we will have some practice time on the bus too" and journeyed up to Temple Square. I think its safe to say we were all fairly apprehensive, tiptoeing off that bus ("I should have practiced more!"). Once we all got in there and started our last run through I think we all lightened up a little (good thing! Jeesh!). Now all this music we performed were submissions from people all over the States  to the Church Music Committee for a competition. So we were performing the best ones out of those submissions. And most of the composers of those songs were in the audience with their families. Some traveling from several states away to here their song performed. It really was simply incredible. Such a sweet spirit was their during every song. That's not something you can fake, and believe me..I mean we are a pretty good choir. But were not THAT good. God is good to us. That was our conclusion anyways. Between the beautifull voices of the soloists to those last ringing notes of Josephs Smiths first prayer. It was astounding the   rich sound and spirit that poured into that room from Heaven. I feel so privaleged  to have been part of it. God really is so good...to all of us. So grateful to be reminded of that tonight.