One Easter Greeting at a time


Easter is here. Erik was excited to dig up the piece from last year
that he played, actually once at Calhoun and another a week
later where he was invited to play an offertory in Arcadia, LA.

He did not need to practice since they did not need him to play this year
but he practiced it anyway with such joy every day for a few weeks.
I noticed that with him having grown
quite a bit this past year, there was a definite difference in how he plays this piece,,,
more power, so to speak,, more message,, maybe.

It is unfortunate that we could not get our piano tuned until a few days after
this recording was made.. if you have a perfect pitch,,, it may bother you a bit.

Even though he did not need to play this year at our own church, he decided to
play and share. We recently had a beautiful family visit us who are serving in Turkey.
We do not know what kind of service they are having this year but we wanted to
share the joy and share the significance of the day with our friends far away.

We think of our friends in Turkey and we would like to
send our greeting,,, one Easter Greeting at time....
.

Comments

Rachel Turner said…
Thank you so much. What a beautiful expression of the joy we have knowing our Savior is risen. Thank you for blessing us by sharing your talent with us. Happy Easter to you and everyone at Calhoun Presbyterian Church.
Love, Rob, Rachel, Daniel and Micah
April 7, 2012 at 9:42 AM
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