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“Beale is also a member of ‘The Singing Priests,’ a group of priests who perform show tunes…for charity.”
Show tunes… not kosher.

BERLIN (Reuters) – German police investigating reports of screams coming from an apartment said Wednesday they had found a 76-year-old woman practicing for a yodeling diploma.
Neighbors called police after hearing noises coming from the flat in the western town of Offenbach near Frankfurt.
“The officers weren’t able to judge whether the neighbors were unfamiliar with Bavarian folk music or whether the lady still requires a lot of practice,” police said in a statement.

New Battle In Priest Vs. Priest Case

Moussaoui Attempts to Plead Guilty
Do you think he really needs time to think it over?

Probably none of you recall that I auditioned for an early music ensemble some time ago. I was accepted and have been rehearsing with them for an upcoming chanted Mass we’re chanting for a meeting of the Chapters of the Third Order OP. Now here is a section of an email from the director of the group.

…it is all in Dominican Chant, a very good way to introduce new Cappella members into chant performance, since this type of chant is a little easier than Roman or Monastic, viz. “Gregorian” chant; for one thing we just read the notes from the four-line stave without worrying about having to read the original neumes simultaneously, since it is a late [for chant] form of the genner [late12th – 13th Century], and the melodies tend to be slightly shorter and simpler than those of the earlier traditions.

He is probably one of the most knowledgeable people in the world about early sacred music. I think he could kick the crap out of all those monks from the Abbey of Solesmes.