This week the choristers will be 'off-duty' for Dumb Week at the Choir School. Most Choir Schools have a Dumb Day, the day on which they do not sing for services in their respective cathedrals, and we in fact have Friday and Saturday as Dumb Days at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Sort of a Sabbath Day for singers, Dumb Days allow for a bit of decompression in the hectic course of the week and it various services.
Dumb Week, which borrows its title from the Greek Orthodox and their description of the week before Holy Week, is an opportunity for the choristers to recoup from the hectic season of Christmas and brace themselves for the coming onslaught of Lent, Holy Week and Easter. This year's week is falling later in the calendar because of our recent Southern Utah Tour. The adult members of the Choir will return on Sunday and the choristers will be back in full service beginning on Ash Wednesday. Thanks to Melanie Malinka, Douglas O'Neill, Jason McAdams, Julie Maughan, Tyler Oliphant, Brandon Horrocks and all of the dedicated musicians of the Cathedral.
This week the choristers will be 'off-duty' for Dumb Week at the Choir School. Most Choir Schools have a Dumb Day, the day on which they do not sing for services in their respective cathedrals, and we in fact have Friday and Saturday as Dumb Days at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Sort of a Sabbath Day for singers, Dumb Days allow for a bit of decompression in the hectic course of the week and it various services. 
Dumb Week, which borrows its title from the Greek Orthodox and their description of the week before Holy Week, is an opportunity for the choristers to recoup from the hectic season of Christmas and brace themselves for the coming onslaught of Lent, Holy Week and Easter. This year's week is falling later in the calendar because of our recent Southern Utah Tour. The adult members of the Choir will return on Sunday and the choristers will be back in full service beginning on Ash Wednesday. Thanks to Melanie Malinka, Douglas O'Neill, Jason McAdams, Julie Maughan, Tyler Oliphant, Brandon Horrocks and all of the dedicated musicians of the Cathedral.
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