WOW! THANKS FOR PUTTING OUT THE APB! I FEEL LOVED! DANG!
OK....now for the kicker (y'all know it's been some drama SOMEWHERE). Check this one out....
After months of strenuous rehearsals, the plot YET thickens. I don’t even know where to begin with this one…….whew!
Last night after choir rehearsal, the lady who is over our dance ministry informed me that they will NOT be able to dance in scene 4 of the play. Their dance is/was crucial to bringing out the central point of the play! VERY CRUCIAL! However, she did not know that two of her girls were IN the play, leaving her with only 3 left to dance! Mind you, I’ve been inviting them to come out to rehearsals so we could go through the whole thing which they have YET to do and the last rehearsal is tomorrow. So, in 24 hours I have to come up with a way to save the play – especially its most crucial scene!
My friend Andre (the Preacher, another crucial character) went to the ER with his sister Tuesday night and ended up being admitted himself because of a bite on his leg that had actually gotten infected and the infection had started to spread. So he had to get a shot, take a STRONG antibiotic (400mg) and the doctor may cut into his leg to drain the infection out at 10am this morning, meaning that he won’t be able to walk (and he is one of the star characters in the production).
The lady who was supposed to play the lead role in Scene 4 (along with the dancers) has YET to show up to a rehearsal after her many failed promises. And, she finally called MY PASTOR (not me) and said she didn’t want to do it because “I don’t think Herman really has the time to work with me so I can do a good job” – I just found that out last night as well….and the play is Saturday!!!!!!!!!!! The last rehearsal is tomorrow night!!!!!!!!!!!! We have sold all but 41 tickets, costumes have been bought, I have spent more of my personal money than I really had to spend toward its success, and now this! I feel like I am being set up to fail!
Normally, I only worry “a little” about things like this because I just know that God is going to wake me up at 4am with a wonderful creative idea that saves the day like He normally does. Well…….last night, I went to sleep around midnight, and when I woke up again, it was time to get ready for work (6:45 a. m.) – no creative idea to save the day in sight!
I took the day off Tuesday and got to the center around 10am to get the stage set up and make sure I have everything. The “stage manager” came by at 1pm and stayed for about 15 minutes, looked at everything, commented on what she did and didn’t like, and then left (around 1:15). Rehearsal started at 6, and she didn’t get there until 5 minutes after 8 (go figure) still giving me grief about what she didn’t like! I called last night to tell her about the Dance and Andre dilemmas, and her reply was “Well calm down Tyler Jr. You’ll figure out something. I’m sleep!”. IMAGINE THAT!
The Deacons are pitching a fit about having to sign the deposit check to send to “our guest artist for Choir Day” because two of them (the two who just so happen to be authorized to sign checks) have a problem with paying someone to sing “for God”. But we have done over $2900 in donut sales, fried chicken, and other fundraisers…not to mention what we’re making from the play Saturday – all to make choir day a success! So, why is it that I am going to cash my PAYCHECK today and get a cashier’s check to cover “the artist’s” deposit and pay it myself!? And if the church renigs on me at the tail end, luckily Uncle Sam has me covered on that too (although I was promised I’d get my money back after church Sunday because no one “felt like” coming by the church to sign a *dang* check)!
My mom (my ROCK) who normally helps me figure out “the little odds and ends” is out-of-town speaking at a nursing conference so I am literally on my own with this one!
We had a choir member to show up at choir rehearsal last night who hasn’t been in two months, and while I was teaching the altos “Better Lord” he started a conversation with the entire soprano and tenor sections about how rigged the Super Bowl was and when I stopped the rehearsal to blast him (sorry...but tactfulness had left me without warning), the President told me that I should stop letting my frustration show because I am a leader. NOT ONCE DID SHE SAY THAT A GROWN MAN HAD NO BUSINESS DISRUPTING REHEARSAL AND SHOWING DISRESPECT TO THE MAN WHO WAS UP TEACHING MUSIC TO THE CHOIR………GO FIGURE!
So far, there is no bad news regarding the March 4th event. The last rehearsal for that is this Saturday at 12 noon (before I go across the street and set up for the play, which starts at 6). Maybe I can get that group to sing during scene 4 in place of the dancers….even though the event in scene 4 starts out as an Anti-Jesus celebration of Black History, and having a gospel choir to sing will kill the effect of Jesus just “showing up and making known who He really is”………..but I gotta do something and all of them (the original concert choir members) have already bought tickets!
Did I mention that I walked in to 27 unread e-mails this morning of projects at work that need to be done today by 5?
…..and yet, I can still see that it’s all going to come together and be good! Maybe I just have crazy faith (or maybe I’m just crazy)….who knows?
