Tampa - Feb 19th

This was truly a 'goose-bump Sunday'!  Our stay in Tampa was blessed by yet another unexpected musical service at the 'closest Methodist Church to wherever we are staying'!  On the way to our RV site, Mom noticed the Palma Ceia Methodist Church - a very quaint looking church in an older section of town.  Jay looked it up on-line and found that the Bethune-Cookman University Concert Chorale was singing the service.  He found a link and they got a preview of what the music was gonna be like, and they both immediately decided it was someplace they needed to be on Sunday morning. 

The choir consists of about 50 students, accompianied by 2 guitars, keyboard and percussion.  The sound generated by the choir filled the church in perfect harmony, balance and composition.  Their repertoire ranged from classical to spirituals to contemporary Christian music.  The choir had the place rocking!!!  And the congregation rocked right along with them!  Mom and Jay said they both had goose bumps on their arms as they listened to the beautiful voices. 


If you are interested in getting an idea of what the music was like, try clicking on the link and see what you think! 

http://www.myspace.com/bcuconcertchoralealumni/music/songs/god-is-able-58697687

And as for me... it was same old, same old....  Had to stay at home.  They stopped at a fishing pier, hoping I would be able to accompany them on the next trip out there to go fishing - and as you can see - dogs are NOT welcome.  So they went fishing along the bank just outside the RV park.  And as usual, Mom caught the fish; and as usual, they were thrown back - hardhead catfish just don't make good eating!  

But all in all, they still had a great afternoon - sitting in the sun, watching roseate spoon-bills fly overhead, remembering the music they heard in the morning...  not a bad Sunday at all! 

And I was treated to some time at the dog-run in the RV park.  Even tho I'm almost 12, I can still catch a frisbee!  Altho I do get a bit more tired than I used to!!!