Primary Program

Yesterday was the Primary Program in our ward. As the primary chorister, this is the "big day" of the year. I tried not to worry too much - my one and only goal was that I wouldn't be singing a solo. That was my one piece of motivation to the kids...as a group they needed to sing louder than me. It shouldn't be too hard to have 30 voices sing louder than 1, right? Well, after practice they did it. On Saturday, we had a practice for the program. I am the one leading the music, but I had NO IDEA what time it was at. So, on Friday night, I kept asking everyone at the ward softball game if they knew. Luckily, I found my answer: 9:30. I figured that was all I needed and I was ready to go. So, I arrived at the church on Saturday at 9:30...right on time. As much as I try, I never seem to be early these days...I'm just lucky to get Parker and myself out the door on time.

As I was driving into the parking lot, I started to get a little worried. As the primary children and their leaders are getting out of the cars, I notice one interesting fact. They are all dressed up in their nice clothes. I, however, had arrived in my jeans...after all, it was SATURDAY. At this point, I didn't know what to do. I wanted to run home and change, but by the time I did that I would have been at least 20 minutes late. Since I was leading all of the music, I didn't think that this was a good idea. I decided that I would run my posters in so that they could get started without me. Instead, they told me to just stay. So, I felt ridiculous in my jeans...but led the program.

The program was yesterday and the children did a great job. As always, there were the kids who tried to touch the microphone, the kids who read their part as fast as possible, the typical one repeated word at a time, and the child who knew every song and every word by heart. I think that is what makes the primary program so special...no matter what the children do, it is wonderful to hear the music and feel of the special spirit that they bring to the program.