Poor, poor Amanda. All she did was the 25 things thing on Facebook and MKG and I took over her comment section with song.
She innocently wrote:
18. Used to sing at funerals.
20. Misses performing.
And we’re OFF! (Edited to stick to the point…)
I used to sing at funerals too! I did a mean “Be Not Afraid.”
I want to sing in a choir again too, I grew up singing in the Church. I have a long way to go…
I will now be singing this song all morning. All together now: “You shall cross the barren desert…”
“If you pass through raging waters … of the sea… you shall not drown…” Don’t try to distract us, Amanda.
How about “On Eagle’s Wings?” I sang that one so many times I had hand motions to it! Which I only did when I sang upstairs in the loft, not in front of the mourners. 
Where did you sing?
Where did you sing?“If you stand before the power of hell and death is at your side…”
NO NO NO!!! You don’t understand, I’m trying to get it OUT of my head!!!! “And he shall raise you up, on Eagle’s Wings, Bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shiiiine like the sun and hold you in the palm of his hand.” There, that’s better! Oh God, wait, no it’s not……
“And he shall raise you up, on Eagle’s Wings, Bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shiiiine like the sun and hold you in the palm of his hand.” There, that’s better! Oh God, wait, no it’s not……“And hold you….hold you in the palm.”I have to blog about the time I was coming home from a sorority function, drunk of course, and leading the bus in singing church songs, that was fun.
“Blessed are the poor … For the kingdom shall be theirs … Blest are they who weep and mourn …” The three of us should co-author a musical based on these songs. We would be rich! It would be like “Mamma Mia” for Catholics
And Jennifer, your experience on the bus would have to be in there!
I LOVE IT! Let’s do it! Amanda, are you in?
First of all I think it’s great that Jennifer’s drunkenness can bring out sorority girl’s inner Catholic. Second of all, of course I’m in! Especially the part where someone said we’d be rich. That always comes in handy!
“…for one day you shall laugh….” (sorry couldn’t resist)
Hey, don’t forget about that time we performed Mass drunk…
If it makes you all feel any better, I continue to my price. I went to bed singing it, woke up singing it and CANNOT stop in spite of having The Committments on full blast in my office.
I want to hear about Erin performing that Mass drunk. At Sacred Heart we used to laugh about a song called “Great Things Happen When God Mixes With Us.” But I don’t remember ever singing it.
Erin- you mean at Red House in our lofts? When we were confusing Mass with Jesus Christ Superstar?
I needed this laugh today.
I still think this is a valid idea. At least we have the proof of our concept here so if we ever see this musical anywhere else, we can sue for copyright fraud.
But I do think it would be one hell of a short musical…..
I have some very funny stories from when I was cantoring at funerals that I would be willing to contribute. I’ll have to write them down so I don’t forget them.