Welcome to April! It is just incredible that it is April now! The six weeks of Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter have now disappeared into History! Lately it has been very interesting in reading the submittals by many musical colleagues worldwide on Facebook to...
Dean’s Column | February 2024
Welcome to February! February is such an interesting month for being the shortest month of the year, however it does have an inordinate number of very special days including but not limited to Presidential Birthdays, Ash Wednesday (usually), Valentine’s Day, Leap...
Dean’s Column: January 2024
A Very Happy New Year to Everyone! Goodbye to 2023 – Welcome to 2024 A look back to Chapter events in 2023: Indeed the North Shore Chapter AGO had a very busy and exciting year! January – the Chapter met at the home of Andrea and David Handley for the Annual Epiphany...
Dean’s Column | October 2023
OCTOBER IS HERE! The leaves are falling! The musical season has begun! Regular church services have returned to some sort of normal status! Choir rehearsals are in full sessions and preparing for the special festivals of this Fall season! Area musical groups including...
Dean’s Column | November 2023
November has arrived!November is the month of “Remembrances”! Obviously at the beginning of the month are “All Saints”, “All Souls” and “Day of the Dead”. This is the time of the year when we sometimes say “here comes the Requiems” as I so often see on Facebook and...
Dean’s Column | September 2023
Welcome to September!! As I search around the many church websites of the North Shore area, I see that the Sunday after the Labor Day weekend is named Rally Day, First Festival or some unique name noting that church services are returning to a state of so-called...