I'm ex BBC.
Dafydd.
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We almost always have sound systems and recorded music.
Currently 151 songs, which you can access on our site. #151 is my favorite, "He Will Call". There's a reason it's the last one.
In poorer countries we make our own music. Anyway, ever met an African who couldn't sing a cappella?
I'm sure you know the one about the famous Welsh tenor [no, not the one with the tight pants] who died and went to heaven. St Peter says, 'Welcome, Mr Jones [let's say]! We've been waiting for you to fill out our heavenly choir.' 1000 of each voice except tenor; just Jones. Music starts; St Peter calls a halt. 'Ah, a little less tenor if you please, Mr jones.'
Rolls 'em on the aisles in Llanfair ... Whatever it is.
Flower children liked and misunderstood our message. Jumped in, but didn't last. By coincidence our main Bible study aid then was the book Paradise Regained. As always, it was accurate as to scripture, but just warm-and-fuzzy enough to beguile the hippies. As I said, they didn't last. Too bad.
Its successors still have a nice message ["gospel"], but more like that of Jesus. He was loving, but not warm-and-fuzzy. Mt 7:21 ff. for instance.
Always improving, always moving, like Ezekiel's chariot, the subject of another song.
for your annual osprey watch soon, aren't you? Our local peregrines are out of luck this year as the office tower that contains their nest box is getting a facelift and their access has been blocked by netting. They won't be happy about this
A few weeks and hopefully they will arrive. Last year they arrived within hours of each other.
Dafydd.
are nice as well as some of the "Sacred Harp" (shape note) music that's still done in some places today. It's more a part of American folk music now than being commonly used for worship. It's a 4 part harmony style that thrives on vocal volume than on the beauty and clarity of voice. INO, loudness is preferred to tonal accuracy. You can come to some parts of the mountainous southern US (east of the Mississippi) to find it but it takes some gettin' used to.