The wandering organist

A few weeks back the Churchwardens of St Botolph's, Heene, slightly twisted my arm and I agreed to take over as Organist & Choirmaster from next January, carrying on with the 2nd & 4th Sundays I had already agreed to do, with choir practices before those Sundays. Last night I turned up, having been told that the PCC would be meeting the previous Tuesday to confirm my appointment, and that they would tell the choir. I had also said that a 6-month trial period - for both parties - would be sensible. Bless them, they've only gone and appointed me from 1st October, whilst letting me carry on with the other churches who have already booked me. This flummoxed me a little, and I didn't get off to the best start with the choir practice. Very kind, but perhaps asking me? I am not complaining, just expressing the flummoxisation. Their website is this one: http://stbotolphsheene2015.com/ and beware of imitations. There are at least two other sites which purport to be the

When I started this I was thinking that there would be little snippets to share pretty well weekly. Well, the same ol' keeps on happening. Last Sunday,the only thing of note was a server mentioning that the church's heating wasn't on yet, and he had to wear a thin alb. It was suggested that a pullover underneath it would help, and that it should be white, so as not to show through. I suggested that, like liturgical socks, it could follow the church's year and could be green at present, changing to purple in Advent, and so on. Needless to say, I was wearing a pullover. And yes, it was green. Other than that, I've been ping-ponging between two churches who have booked me pretty solid til Christmass, with occasional excursions to what I think of as my"home" church, St Mary, Kemptown. Developing RSI in my left arm has been a bit of a bummer, I'm turning down work right, left, and centre. Letting Aedan down for a rehearsal involving learning a large-ish