Comments on: My Foray into the Theatah http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/01/06/my-foray-into-the-theatah/ A Mormon Blog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:16:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kristine http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/01/06/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99119 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/01/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99119 My kids saw a community theater production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” early in December, and our whole advent season was punctuated with the refrain “Shazaam, unto you a child is born!”

]]> By: Karen http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/01/06/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99120 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/01/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99120 Yeah, the Gladys in our production (aka Shazaam!) was too cute for words. She was constantly making fists and threatening the much larger children…completely stole the show.

]]> By: danithew http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/01/06/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99121 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/01/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99121 I was asked to play a Clementi sonatina at a school production when I was in middle school. When I got on-stage in front of all those people panic set in. I played through as fast as I could, messed up a time or two, picking up wherever I could remember. That poor audience. I don’t recall too many people talking to me afterwards. I kind of blew it off but I was really very embarrassed.

I had the calling to play piano in priesthood a year or two ago. The first times I played I was very nervous and my hands were shaking. I’d forget parts of hymns that I’ve had memorized for years. After a couple of months though I learned to make mistakes without fear.

Now if I could just learn to prepare a little better … I think learning to play all the hymns would be a semi-realistic goal if I give myself enough time.

]]> By: Lizzy http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/01/06/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99122 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/01/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99122 I’m glad you had a wonderful experience! This has always been one of my favorite Christmas stories.

]]> By: Karen http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/01/06/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99123 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/01/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99123 Thanks Lizzy. It’s now a favorite of mine too. I need to find the book and add it to my Christmas traditions.

Dan–so sorry about the piano in jr. high angst–you have a fellow and empathetic sufferer here. There’s something about the hymns that makes them do-able for most of us. I think it’s the repetition, and the basic chord progressions. It gets in your blood. As President Monson once told me: “Keep practicing…someday you’ll get it.”

]]> By: Greg http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/01/06/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99124 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/01/my-foray-into-the-theatah/#comment-99124 We had a discussion on T&S a few weeks ago about family holiday traditions and favorite Christmas books. I didn’t pipe up then but I can’t resist here: our *only* family Christmas tradition was my Mom reading The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever from cover to cover the last few nights before Christmas every year. In our minds, we WERE the Herdmans (but with a father and without the smoking). Which led to an unfortunate incident with a pussy willow, but that’s a story for another time.

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