One of the Elders in my mission, who later went on to play piano for one of the major symphonies in the U.S., once played a beautiful arrangement of the Oscar Mayer Wiener song as the prelude music for a baptism. It was outstanding, but several of us had to excuse ourselves from the chapel in a fit of giggles.
Yeah, this one is pretty autobiographical. While I never tried to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" for priesthood opening exercises, given the choice between that and some of my sorry attempts to play the hymns, I suspect most of the guys in the room would have opted for the nursery rhyme.
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ReplyDeleteI would like to see more of the Piano man :)
One of the Elders in my mission, who later went on to play piano for one of the major symphonies in the U.S., once played a beautiful arrangement of the Oscar Mayer Wiener song as the prelude music for a baptism. It was outstanding, but several of us had to excuse ourselves from the chapel in a fit of giggles.
ReplyDeleteI love this story. The poor Koreans probably had no idea what was wrong with you guys.
DeleteMmmm? Arie, could this be a personal reflection of you? Seems I remember . . .
ReplyDeleteYeah, this one is pretty autobiographical. While I never tried to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" for priesthood opening exercises, given the choice between that and some of my sorry attempts to play the hymns, I suspect most of the guys in the room would have opted for the nursery rhyme.
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