Streamlining the Blog

We're in the process of moving this blog from Blogger to Wordpress. The URL will not change; you'll still access the blog as "www.hymnnotes.com." My husband pointed out, however, that Wordpress would more easily enable you to receive any new posts via email. We expect to have it up and running in time for the first "regular" post on January 29. These are the technical details akin to an artist crushing ingredients for paint, setting up the easel, making preliminary sketches, setting up the easel: eleven days to go!

Where "Hymn Notes" Is Heading: A City Near You?

Dearly Beloved Readers of Hymn Notes, Having children upset my plans. I stopped writing and started surviving. However, now that the little angels are more independent and now that a babysitter is coming twice per week, I intend to resume posting on a regular basis. This will begin on January 29, after I complete several commitments to individuals and institutions. Please "follow" Hymn Notes if you want to stay engaged because I do have a plan for this blog. In the meantime, would you consider hosting a lecture-concert in your home or church? "Joining the Party: Celebrating Two Thousand Years of Congregational Song" is a walk through church history with a representative song from each era, about one-third talk and two-thirds performance and audience participation. Along the way we'll explore why we need chronological breadth as well as global breadth in our songs! My family (me, one husband, and two daughters) will be traveling May 20-June 3, 2015, to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. If you decide to host a lecture-concert, your commitment would be to provide room and board for my family for one night and $150 for a house concert or $300 for a church concert; if you choose a house concert, you would receive $50 back to reimburse you for some of the food costs for your guests. I will bring a digital piano, if needed, for house concerts, and could use either that piano, your church's piano, or your church's pipe organ for church concerts. Happy New Year to all of you! Keep singing. Rebecca