We did a song in 5/4 time at noon Mass Sunday. Our deranged tambourine lady doesn't understand anything but an uneven 4/4. I was about ready to choke her, but that is not considered appropriate conduct in a Catholic church. Besides, she wasn't any more off tempo than the woman with the maracas and the guy with the flute. That left two of us to sing, and I couldn't hear the other voice. It was a disaster. Noon Mass usually is.
I felt like I was singing in a Salvation Army band - click here.
I also sing at ten AM, just so I can get some pleasure out of singing in church.
-Joe, frustrated church musician-