Leslie Jones wrote:
> This thread reminds me of a related (for me) problem: do any of you who do
> (or have done) music in high Episcopal or Catholic churches (can't remember
> if Lutherans use it as well) had problems singing during a processional
> while following a trail of incense? There were always a couple of us in
> every choir who fought coughing fits as soon as the thurifer started
> swinging....
Tell me about it! Two years ago, I was first in the chorus, processing right
behind the
incense-swinger. Made me cough and I couldn't sing down the aisle, but I
recovered after
the incense dispersed. I sang in an incense service just last week (the priest
was
leaving), but I was far enough away from the source that it didn't bother me.
Fortunately,
this only happens a couple of times a year. I'd be worried about exposure to
that smoke
just the same way I'd be worried about exposure to cigarette or other smoke.
Peggy
--
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
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