Let me start by saying that I pride myself by saying that I am not a 'SUNDAY' Christian.
This may suggest a lot, but then I like to call myself 'International' But, I do not (if I can help it) miss funeral services and/or cremations of people I know or of Moidekars. Apart from these, I do not miss Easter and Christmas Services (not the Mid-night versions as these are prone to be beat-shows) Part of the reason for my long-time giving by on Sunday Church services is the 'beat Choirs' which I like to call 'beat shows'. They spoil my mood for the entire day plus more. I have grown up to listening and enjoying 'pedal organ' music, accompanied by violins, and at feast times, by clarinets and double basses. But never drum sets. Now-a-days the keyboards comes with the drum beats and therefore the tamashas in Church services. At one time I remember having told the local Choir Master, in front of the Parish Priest, that I would waltz away in the Church aisle if I could find a suitable partner. :-) But today was different. It is not to say that at all other times we have beat shows. No. But this one was most appropriate and soothing, bringing out the inner emotions that lead to fervent prayers, so much so, that it compelled me to leave the church in mid service to fetch my mobile which I had accidentally left behind. I just could not let this opportunity go by, the opportunity that I was looking and waiting for. Happy to say that except for the Keyboard guy, all others are made in Moira. I have particularly commended Fr. Mariano Proenca, the Moira Parish Priest on this 'Made in Moira' Choir and have told him that he should promote church choirs sans beats. That it makes old men like me come to church more often. And I have particularly instructed my dear wife (who was with me today) to make sure that she gets this or similar choir for my funeral service. To that she shot back to say " But you didn't want a choir for your funeral among lots of other things like suit, shoes, coffin etc". "No" I said. "I have changed my mind on this one" Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org for expanded scrolling Party Presentation on the Home Page They spoil my entire day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is not ENOUGH that GOOD, HONEST citizens contest elections. It is not ENOUGH that GOOD, HONEST citizen voters elect good, honest representatives. GOA urgently needs 'GOOD, HONEST, DISCIPLINED SYSTEM of GOVERNANCE'. Wherein, even a dishonest person is forced to be good, honest n disciplined, or to QUIT. Only through PPS can such 'good, honest n disciplined system of governance' be identified and accepted. PPS GOA =PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY = PEOPLE'S POWER SYSTEM for a date in 2012 Display the 'PPS' sticker on your vehicle today, to reject political madness tomorrow. * * * How were the 1950s, East African Goans and British Overseas Citizenship linked? Which Kenyan-Goan was one of the world fastest sprinters in the 1960s? What did the 1878 London-Lisbon treaty mean to Goa? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
