Mark Knows It All

I enjoy singing and belong to an ad hoc choir called Seraphim. We practice every Monday night and offer three public performances each year. The origin of the choir appears to have been rooted in a local Methodist church, and was then supplemented with current and former members of the Youngstown Symphony Chorus. This past year, it hired a new director, who brought in several new members who sang under him at the various churches where he served as choirmaster. The result is a group of people of various ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs sharing in their love of music of all types. Kris, our Seraphim director, currently is Chairman of Music at Mary, Mother of Hope Catholic Church in New Castle, Pa. This is a big, old fashioned, Gothic Catholic Church with a brand new paid for pipe organ worth several hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is a magnificent place to sing with unbelievable acoustics. Seraphim performed its Christmas program at the church. Sadly, Christmas was marred