GOD’S HARMONY ON THE PORCH--

It was hot that afternoon on neighbor Betty’s porch. But a merciful breeze bumped a gentle melody out of the wind chimes. Darlis Horn was there. She is Betty’s daughter and she likes to sing.

In fact, it was practice day for a trio of ladies; Darlis and her friends Nancy Long and Janet Hendricks. Mostly they sing at their church but they do guest spots around the area as well. This rehearsal was a tune-up for the Wednesday evening service.

Darlis sings second soprano while Nancy shifts from high soprano to alto as the song requires. Janet sings mostly alto. It is a pleasant hobby for these gals and has been for about five years now.

Nancy has had some serious training and international experience. For Janet and Darlis it is pure talent. They work from personal music books in three-ring binders. Sometimes it takes them awhile for all three to find the same song. That produces lots of giggles.

Yup, they have lots of fun doing this too.

Most folks would recognize many of the gospel standards they practiced like “Just a Little Talk with Jesus” and “In the Sweet By and By”. Those are good music for the soul. And, when the ladies rev them up a bit, the other soul, s-o-l-e, gets to doing some floor tappin’.

Occasionally a note is flubbed and the culprit suddenly gets interested in her shoes. Most often, in such instances Nancy is peering at the musical miscreant with one of those over the glasses looks. Then, they giggle some more.

I don’t know if their melodic harmony reached any of the neighbors during practice that day.

If it didn’t, it was the neighbor’s loss.