When Ben started attending Primary last January, he immediately fell in love with all of the action songs that we use to teach the children gospel principles. The song he loves the most these days is Book of Mormon stories, with all of the actions. Here is a short clip of him singing it last summer, with a little help from Mom.

Tomorow I am starting a Mommy and Me music class at our church. I plan to teach a ten week course for Mothers with small children and finish the class with a simple talent show to be performed for the Dads and older siblings.
This should be a really fun project. I’m curious to see how many people show up.
I also have my Colorado Repertory Singers performance coming up. Have not heard yet on the Les Miserables solo. The director held five and a half hours of rehearsal last week and on saturday held a sort of call back audition for On My Own. He gave the I dreamed a dream solo to someone else, but he asked me and four other singers to sing the On My Own solo one more time. Truth be told, I would rather sing that one than the dream song.
He also auditioned me for the solo in Down by the Riverside, which is a spiritual. I found this great version of it on You Tube. Click on it to hear Sister Rosetta Tharp singing it. The soprano solo in our version is at the end, about five pages. I’m looking forward to doing it if he decides I’m the right voice type.
We are also gearing up for the Carnegie Hall Performance of Faure’s Requiem. I have been rehearsing it quite a bit this week, and find myself loving it more and more each time I sing it. Music about the Savior just melts my heart.
Well I better run, busy day tomorow.
Jenny Hatch
UPDATE: Later that night
Paul and Andy have just spent the past two days baking the most amazing chocolate peppermint cake. Tonight was the blue and gold banquet for weblos and they have a tradition of father/son cake baking every year. They pretty much chased me out of the kitchen these past two days while they mixed, baked, melted, sifted, and frosted the most amazing cake.
No contest this year, our stake is becoming politically correct with both this cake contest and the road shows. Competition is BAAAAAD. Cannot hurt the little tykes feelings….they are soooo sensitive. Its pathetic but indicative of our nicey, nice world. No more competition, everyone is equal, bland, same….what a load of collectivist horsey puckey.

Andy and Paul with the cake (And Bens finger swipes on the side)

Cakes at the contest

More Cakes….