This is my Jerry Springer moment.....

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Date: 10 January 2005 10:40:53

Very tired in the morning, after staying up to watch the wonderful Jerry Springer Opera (what were people objecting to?) I wondered if I'd be able to keep a straight face in church today or whether everything would assume a Montypythonesque chatshow parody veneer. I needn't have worried - everything was as normal as the liturgy and music cranked up for its usual run.
We sang 'The Crown of Roses' by Tchaikovsky during the administration - a strange legend from Jesus' childhood predicting the events of the crucifixion. Now why weren't the "it's unbiblical!" fanatics camped outside our church this morning while we were singing that? ;)

We were minus a strong lead in the bass section for evensong, but the tenors always like a good excuse to sing extra phrases. "Listen sweet dove", by Grayston Ives, thus passed off without incident.