Short one today, for reasons that will become apparent.
This evening we are celebrating Advent and the one year anniversary of our Bishop's installation. This will be a large event with around 600 people gathered on the Cathedral campus. I'm certain it will be a lovely evening with decorations, and food, and music….
Ugh.
I am in charge of coordinating the six school choirs that will be performing. Here is a brief outline of the plan.
- The groups will all meet in the school gym where they will be given pizza. I will take the directors over to the performance space so that they can see it for the first time.
- At 6:00 the bell choir goes over and performs as people arrive.
- At 6:40 all the groups walk across the campus, climb the back stairs of the performance building to the third floor and wait.
- Each group will come 1 flight down the stairs in order, wait in a holding area, and then go out on a balcony where they will sing. I will be monitoring the holding area, and I will be calling up for each group to my assistant.
- As each group finishes, I have another assistant who will lead them around the entire balcony and down the stairs
- The students will meet in a second area to be picked up.
This is the life of an educator every day, coordinating the needs of a mass of individuals, trying to keep them on track, and hoping that the whole thing looks good.
I will let you know tomorrow how it all turns out.
Image credit: http://www.aoltv.com/2010/12/07/a-charlie-brown-christmas-special/
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What is a “Cathedral campus?” Is it akin to church grounds?
Yes, actually the technical term is “cathedral close,” but no on knows what I mean when I say that. Since there are five major buildings on 30 acres with varying uses, I usually use the word campus like a university…or Microsoft.
Well? Was it great? I expect so! Our kids rarely disappoint! Ever feel like an event coordinator?