Had my first practice. Great fun, and I see that I could handle it. A few songs, I could step right in and take the harmony, because I've sung them so long. Others would take some work. Most of all, I saw the inner workings of the group and if confusion doesn't reign supreme it's apparently at least up for r-election. As it turns out, they don't have any bookings in the next three months, so the guy I would be replacing would be back by then. Which means that if I worked real hard, I'd never perform with the group. A couple of the guys pointed out that that made no sense at all for me. On top of that, there is no clear understanding of how it might work out, working with the rock and roll band. On the plus side, I'd be able to go to two practices a week (in addition to Gospel Messengers practices and performances, and the times I sing on my own) to learn harmonies on a lot of cool songs that I would never sing in public.

All that said, I had a great time, and I really like a couple of the guys. One (a tenor, yet) expressed an interesting in filling in with the Gospel Messengers, so I'm going to ask him to a practice.
You never know where all of this is going to lead. Wouldn't life be boring if we really knew what we were doing? :-)

As my friend and fellow Catter Jeanie asked me:

"You want to know how to make God laugh?
Tell him your plans for the future."

Sure is fun getting there, even if I don't know where I'm going, half the time...

Jerry (Formerly sang in an a capella doo wop group)