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QUIETLY?... SURELY YOU JEST!
NOW THIS ORGANIST DOES NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT...BUT RAGES AGAINST THIS TRAVESTY
NOR DOES HE END WITH A WHIMPER BUT WILL SHOUT IT FROM THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN TOP.

Now here is the situation with organists. Christmas and Easter are the two highest days in the liturgical calendar and
by definition is the time that the best music is performed. The efforts are sometimes huge with rehearsals, practice,
working with hired musicians etc. The money spent on these services in most churches with high quality organs
and organists could range from $1500 - $4000+ depending on who and how many professional musicians are
hired. This is the time that top trumpet players are paid $1000 per service! Bookings are sometimes 2 years in
advance or even more by contractual agreements for performance dates in the future.

Here is the organist's situation: At St. Matthew I am paid about $500/week as a part time organist. However even
paid professional brass, vocal etc are paid more than that during the two high seasons.

Now, keeping in mind that for this church to actually fire me on the 2nd Sunday after Easter in 2010, they must have
had a long lead time to discuss and plan how and when to stick the old stab in the back. By the way, the definition of
backstabb, among others, is considered something that comes out of the blue, when you least expect it. Since this
is what happened, then I think it is appropriate to call it what it is. Backstabb! How dare the President of the
congregation to tell me that, "we thought it better to tell you this news after Easter".
Yeah right, better for who? Not me that is for sure!

Now, with fore knowledge that this was going to happen, I ask why would a church on purpose hide their intentions to
fire their organist AFTER Christmas and Easter? I will tell you why. It is because they want their professional
musician to perform at these two high services so that the music is absolutely perfect!

I propose this is the most disingenuous of tricks, and the rationalization for doing so is make sure that the music is
good and THEN fire the organist. Had they the courtesy to tell me BEFORE Christmas I would have had time to
accept several Christmas/Easter offers for substituting at other churches.

So there you have it. A little nasty from the little bag of tricks to make sure THEIR music is good and to hell with the
organist after Easter because they will have time to try to find an organist that knows what it is all about ...but would
even work for this church based upon this whole situation..that is if they know about it.
Sure...there is always someone that will do anything.... for a few pieces of silver but the organists I know that are
really good...I mean REALLY good, would not for one minute contemplate working for a church that conspired
against their former organist.

Music?... well here is my professional pick...a NICE QUIET musical theme for this church that fits the behavior foisted
on their organist. Mack the Knife! What a great background of lyric and song that further defines this travesty of
justice...it becomes those who did the deeds. Hear the hurdy-gurdy organ in the background in a carnival setting
(sounds like the old organ at this church..come back from the dead! Note the Registration changes!)
Visualize just what someone is doing what to whom...like... to be in my shoes that fateful day, in this good 'ole song
when you find out (surprise!) that Old Macky's is back in town!..
Keep in mind that you may be the next to feel the knife, if you are an organist at this church.

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MACK THE KNIFE or IN GERMAN (for you organists)
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight

Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red

Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh
Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
And someone's sneakin' ˜round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?

There's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river don'tcha know
Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down
Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town

Now d'ja hear about Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?

Now Jenny Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry
Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh, the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky's back in town

I said Jenny Diver, whoa, Sukey Tawdry
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky's back in town.....
Look out, old Macky's back!!

They keep it out of sight
and cover over with
white gloves so there is
not a trace.

That's my blood oozin on
that sunny Sunday
morning...wonder who
was the sneak?

That's right, just weight
their organist down with
their accusations of
"disrespect" ha!
Disrespect my..... !

They took the meager
salary of their organist
and spend it on "music"?

If they did it once, they
will do it again to
someone else...the line
forms on the right!