I miss church choir.

My ward doesn't have one. 

But more than anything, I've loved the choirs that really push you to get better. I want the challenging music. I want it to be slightly intimidating. I want to learn the cool stuff, the hard stuff. I've definitely been in choirs that were pretty flippant, where half the people are just there because they know the director, and that's fine. But it's just so much more fun when everyone takes it seriously. I have good memories of my choirs in Old Mill, in the Green Mountain ward on my mission, and in Heritage Halls. We took on some pretty challenging stuff, especially in Old Mill. 

It's kind of like how I felt in Art 101. I am really grateful that my professor specifically treated us as though we were real artists, and held us to a high standard accordingly. I don't like approaching my hobbies casually. It really helped me as I moved into even harder art classes such as 3D Graphics and Shader Programming. 

I could do university chorale or look for some other group, but I am very cautious these days about putting too much on my plate -- I need to focus on what's important. Still, church choir is always fun, it forces me to interact with other people who have similar interests to me, and it's something I'm far more likely to do than attend FHE, or building cleaning, or really any other activity. I hardly bother going to activities when I could be doing something I really enjoy instead, but I always enjoy singing. Even if I always end up over-relying on at least one of the other tenors. So, it sure would be nice if somebody started choir up again in my ward, but it doesn't look like we're going to get that anytime soon. 

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