On the way there, as I was crossing the bridge, I looked south, it was pitch black. Looking north, there were a couple of lights whose reflection stretched out in a ray on the water, and you could just see a hint of rosy/blue combination behind the silhouetted trees. On the way back, there was a definite silhouette and dawn was arriving.
So, you might ask, what sort of idiot wakes up that early while he's on vacation. I'd deny idiocy and say the difference is that on vacation, I'm fully enjoying the time. :-)
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I am a member of First United Church in Syndey, NS (beautiful cape breton Island) and have live here for 2 years, but I am originally from the burbs of ottawa (until 2 years ago LOL) which I miss immensely.
I think I have the opposite problem from your organist...I grew up Anglican, so I'm not all that familiar with the typical Protestant "everybody knows this one" songs.
I will admit that I don't do anything in terms of exercises and warmups. I don't feel confident because I don't have any formal training around the voice, and I know one singer in our congregation will quite vocally and abruptly let me know if I depart from the Gospel According to Her Voice Teacher. (I happen to respect the man quite a bit, but...)
Quite a lot in common...I didn't manage to get my B.Mus. I ended up so stressed out in university (and didn't recognise it) that I ended up depressed and barely able to get out of bed in the morning.
I teach my piano lessons in the sanctuary. The past couple of years, I only managed to pick up one student at a time, but amazingly since the fall, I've picked up a half-dozen students and three of them are continuing through the summer, and the rest say they'll be back in the fall (and there's only one of them that I wonder about).
I actually just visited NS for the first time last month for "Worship Matters" conference in Halifax. I have an aunt who used to live in Sydney, but she moved back to Ontario about ten years ago, I guess. She's also Presbyterian (but I don't hold that against her. *grin*).
And in terms of Ottawa...I don't know whether I had anything publicly visible that made it clear, I live in Arnprior. And my brother and his wife will be moving to Barrhaven in September.
Anyway, only touching on some of the things I see...the rest should become clearer from my journal. And again, welcome!
oh, cool, we were bron in the same year:)
And as for U of O...I applied there...but ended up choosing Queen's. I love Kingston, not so sure about the school, though.