[nfbmi-talk] To Hold a candle?

[joe harcz Comcast]

You will show the capabilities of the blind by how well you sing and how 
well you read Braille...

A very Merry Christmas to you and Nick!

Joe
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Subject: [nfbmi-talk] To Hold a candle?


> Merry Christmas to all of my Federation Family:
>    I am singing in my Christmas Eve service this evening at church. We are 
> singing the Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten and I have the solos. 
> Here is the big question though. The choir processes and recesses with a 
> lighted candle. I have asked to be excused from carrying the lighted 
> candle. I do not know how I would carry the open flame, read my Braille 
> words to sing, carry my cane, and hang onto a person's arm. I do not have 
> enough hands. I feel that the most important thing is to get in without 
> stumbling on my robe while I accurately sing the music. I know my way 
> around the church, but I know the orchestra members and choir members 
> would be nervous if I was contacting things with my cane, rather than 
> taking an arm. How would my Federation family handle this situation. I 
> have opted for not carrying the candle and taking the arm, but I feel like 
> I am not showing all the capabilities of blind people by choosing these 
> options.
>
> Terri Wilcox, soloist
> Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
>
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