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...marked seven years ago by what the pastor, the Rev. J. Stephen Bremer, calls "two rather nondescript services," on Christmas Eve. Next week the Rev. Mr. Bremer and his congregation will celebrate the birth of Christ with four choral Eucharists, at which all the prayers and responses will be sung in plain chant. Instead of the austere black robe that his predecessor wore, the Rev. Mr. Bremer will dress in full Eucharistic vestments-alb, stole, maniple and chasuble, all in white. St. Mark's altar will bear six candles instead of two; candles, as well as a Cross, will...
...monthly instead of four times a year; the church is considering whether to make the service weekly. At the Travis Park Methodist Church in San Antonio, the congregation recently asked their pastor to offer Communion every Sunday, instead of once a month. Many Lutheran churches have revived the sung "German Mass," according to the original ritual of Martin Luther. The Rev. Franklin Senger of Washington's Holy Comforter Church uses plain chant at all his Sunday services; about half of his congregation genuflect. Even in denominations where Communion is still rare (such as the Congregational), ministers have restored...
...Sierra Leone, half-naked Susu girls swayed and jiggled before the royal visitors in a pulsating fertility dance. So interested did Prince Philip become that the Queen shot him an amused and reproachful glance. In Freetown, the Queen appeared mildly shocked by the officially laundered translation of a ditty sung by a group of twelve-year-old schoolgirls: "Behind the bushes, near the stream, go lots of girls like us, because we know that's where the boys...
...folksong sung in English, however, has always this advantage: the story may be understood. Folksongs are, by and large, short stories- however incomplete or pointless, mundane or supernatural, plaintive or snarling are best savored in the native tongue...
Hearing the Reverend Gary Davis at Eliot House Tuesday night was a fascinating experience. One of the last of the street singers, Davis performs with an honesty that is becoming rare in folk singing. It was good to hear many of the old blues songs sung the way they were meant to be performed. In this age of the commercial and souped-up folk song, one easily forgets how the originals used to sound...