Two-thrids of the BCE band will be reuniting for a gig at TTC at the end of this month. Sounded simple enough: just play some dinner music for the delegates of a conference. And so we've had 2 rehearsals so far. I tell you those guys really crack me up man...
We were supposed to be playing "Shout to the Lord" and so, we were halfway through the intro when I made the comment that it sounded like "Somewhere out there"... and that's what we ended up playing! (Seriously... the line "My Jesus, My Saviour" and "Somewhere out there" are nearly the same!) And while trying a grander ending for "I could sing of Your love forever" we ended up playing "Stand up for Singapore"! Craziness!
But that's not all! If the rest of the VCFers were there, I'm pretty sure they will never sing "Declare His Glory" with a straight face anymore! Cos we decimated it by turning it into some Funk-Jazz-Fusion-Rock number... highly inappropriate i think! But very fun.
Well, the bombshell that evening was when we were briefed on the specifics of what that event entailed. I thought it was some small conference, but it turns out that this is some huge international Bible scholars conference with delegates from different religions and they would be debating over 300 accedimic papers (WHAT?!?!) and that the President of Singapore was supposed to be the original Guest-of-Honour. Oh man...
To top it all off, Ian later asked me if I was inerested in playing for a wedding band that Chris was asked to set up in October. Well, naturally I asked, "Whose wedding?". Ian's reply, "Someone from Charmaine Goh's church." That just floored me. I wasn't sure if I should have just burst out laughing or fall on my knees and ask God, "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME?!?!?!" ARGH... oh well... will tell Ian my answer another day.
