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A strange and wonderful internet story
May. 17th, 2010 10:21 pmSo you're singing in a church choir in Oceanside, CA. And your choir director finds this music for a very special anthem, "God Shall Wipe Away All Tears" by Jerry Kirk. But it is strange music - chanting, a bunch of different time signatures - so it's tough to tell what it's supposed to sound like. No demo or examples online, not even a random youtube hit. So you plug it into Google and up comes one link - a wedding program where it was sung by a choir. In Massachusetts. Nearly 14 years ago.
Their wedding program online lists their address and phone number. You manage to find that phone number online for a woman with that name, at the same address. So you call and their answering machine says "You've reached Beckie and Neil" - it's them! They are still together, at the same address! Hallelujah!
You leave a message which starts "You don't know me, but" and then ask if maybe, just maybe they recorded their wedding and could send you a demo file or let you listen on the phone or something, just so you'll have some idea of what it sounded like. Oh and you need it before choir rehearsal on Thursday, because they're singing it on Sunday.
You tell the choir director to cross her fingers and she scoffs. LONG SHOT!
Little did you know that the husband is a SOUND GUY, who knows where that wedding video is, still has a working VCR, the tape still plays, and he has the equipment to snag the song! He calls you back to say he is editing the sound file and can email it to you in about 10 minutes. LESS THAN FIVE HOURS after you left the message. God is good! You can't wait to hear it, and see the look on the choir director's face.
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So one of the strange and wonderful songs from our wedding will be sung by a 40-person choir at a church in California this Sunday. Isn't the internet grand?
Their wedding program online lists their address and phone number. You manage to find that phone number online for a woman with that name, at the same address. So you call and their answering machine says "You've reached Beckie and Neil" - it's them! They are still together, at the same address! Hallelujah!
You leave a message which starts "You don't know me, but" and then ask if maybe, just maybe they recorded their wedding and could send you a demo file or let you listen on the phone or something, just so you'll have some idea of what it sounded like. Oh and you need it before choir rehearsal on Thursday, because they're singing it on Sunday.
You tell the choir director to cross her fingers and she scoffs. LONG SHOT!
Little did you know that the husband is a SOUND GUY, who knows where that wedding video is, still has a working VCR, the tape still plays, and he has the equipment to snag the song! He calls you back to say he is editing the sound file and can email it to you in about 10 minutes. LESS THAN FIVE HOURS after you left the message. God is good! You can't wait to hear it, and see the look on the choir director's face.
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So one of the strange and wonderful songs from our wedding will be sung by a 40-person choir at a church in California this Sunday. Isn't the internet grand?
