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the Faure Requiem and Christmas Eve), and played Sunday services for five different Sundays (one of which was when Elizabeth his daughter was born on a Sunday!) I was the regular LEM for Thursday, and played for that service every week as well.
As Melvin would have wished, I kept up a steady diet of solo recitals, including ones at St. Margaret and Mary Catholic, St. Luke’s Anchorage Series, St. James Catholic Lenten Series, Calvary Lenten Series, and Church of the Ascension, Frankfort, Ky. I also did Sunday sub stints at St. Luke’s and St. James, Pewee Valley.
The most fun as well as challenge was playing for Granddaughter Erin’s wedding at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church on July 16. Harvey sang, and all had gone well until time for the processional. All at once, instead of the wedding coordinator’s signal that I was awaiting to begin the processional, came the LOUD fire alarm. I grabbed Rheinberger Sonata 8 out of my brief case, and began playing it, trying to drown out the loud alarm with louder organ. I almost succeeded! Curiously, everyone remained seated, the priest announced that it was a harmless kitchen fire, and they had to wait for the fire department to reset the alarm to OFF! The Rheinberger takes 25 minutes, and I played ALL of it!! I think people remained seated because they wondered what I was going to do next! A great video posted by the video lady still lurks on the internet and has been reposted every year for their wedding anniversary celebration! It’s fun to watch.
I also had my first appointment with Robyn Newstedt on October 9, thanks to Maria convincing her that she and I would hit it off. We did! Enter the new method of communication with MYCHART! She said I had to come every six months in order to get my BP Lisinopril, and I have been faithful about that. I enjoy her, but not the bloodletting.
In the realm of serving the sick, Marion Six was now not able to come to Calvary due to health issues, and so for the next two years, I would go take them communion every Sunday. It was a loving and important relationship. I also continued to be very active with Frannie, not quite so special, but she needed me. In the food realm, I inject the stats for 2016 as 2257 food bags for the whole year.
2016 also saw a traumatic happening for Michelle and the Cincinnati Zoo, because it marked the killing of Harambe, a gorilla who had to be shot because a little boy jumped the rail, fell into the moat, and in rescuing him, Harambe had him between his legs and would have inadvertently crushed him. Repercussions were varied and even continue today on Twitter, and Michelle was responsible for quelling a lot of those postings. We may all agree that 2016 was a turbulent year from beginning to end, but of course it does not hold a candle to 2020, a year still in evolution.
2017
As I researched 2017, I realized that turbulent years were the norm at Calvary! Elizabeth was Priest in Charge for some of 2017, but before the year ended, she received a call from St. James, Pewee Valley. That call was accepted, but not without unrest and politicking at Calvary, with some wanting her to stay and some not, all the while she being governed by the agreement with the Bishop that she could NOT be a candidate for Rector. A couple of wild vestry meetings reportedly ensued over this matter. The search committee, headed by