1. point taken. But you need someone with both energy and enough experience to stand up to parishioners charitably.
2. is the reason to make it a special youth choir. People tend to be more tolerant of new things when young people do them, and a youth choir also doesn't have to sing at every Mass, which helps with not overstepping peoples…
1. point taken. But you need someone with both energy and enough experience to stand up to parishioners charitably.
2. is the reason to make it a special youth choir. People tend to be more tolerant of new things when young people do them, and a youth choir also doesn't have to sing at every Mass, which helps with not overstepping peoples' patience. Youth are also less likely to be dismayed at the prospect of learning chant. Some older people tend not to like the necessity of making mistakes and being confused. And, while you're boiling the frog slowly with older parishioners, you're getting at least the chorists something very solid. It's not like we can ignore the youth until the older people die off and have the problem magically solved. They need good formation, and they need to not wait 20 years until we have virtually the same problem, with different generations, to get it.
The only way out is through, and you have to take the backsliding along with all the other obstacles.
1. point taken. But you need someone with both energy and enough experience to stand up to parishioners charitably.
2. is the reason to make it a special youth choir. People tend to be more tolerant of new things when young people do them, and a youth choir also doesn't have to sing at every Mass, which helps with not overstepping peoples' patience. Youth are also less likely to be dismayed at the prospect of learning chant. Some older people tend not to like the necessity of making mistakes and being confused. And, while you're boiling the frog slowly with older parishioners, you're getting at least the chorists something very solid. It's not like we can ignore the youth until the older people die off and have the problem magically solved. They need good formation, and they need to not wait 20 years until we have virtually the same problem, with different generations, to get it.
The only way out is through, and you have to take the backsliding along with all the other obstacles.