1. "The Wind Beneath My Wings" played in boombox after a Sacrament talk.
2. An unforgettable version of "I Believe in Christ" sung acapella with the key change after every verse.
3. At a missionary farewell the song from Saturday's Warrior - "Who are these children coming down" sung in true pop style.
http://musiccallings.com/category/ward-music-chairman/ - interesting website.
Unfortunate LDS Music Stories
Posted on July 30, 2011.
sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes embarrassing, always 100% TRUE
Arizona: a man sings Michael Jackson’s, “Man in the Mirror” for a Sacrament Meeting musical number
Idaho: Sacrament Meeting on the 4th of July, Opening Hymn, “God Save the King”
California: for a musical number in Sacrament Meeting a member of the bishopric puts a boombox on the podium and pushes the play button so the congregation can listen to Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to be an American”
California: a girl accompanies herself on the piano while singing into a boom mic a pop-style version of “I Know that My Redeemer Lives”
Utah: in a 2006 Primary Program Presentation in Sacrament Meeting the children go retro singing a Mormon pop favorite from the 80′s
New York: the dress rehearsal for a Stake Christmas Fireside revealed one of the musical selections as “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (The Stake Pres. caught wind and canceled that song in the nick of time)
Utah: a girl sings an emotional “His Hands” by Kenneth Cope (a capella), using dramatic hand gestures, as a part of her testimony during a BYU ward fast and testimony meeting.
Pennsylvania: A woman has the congregation join in with her, swaying and holding their pointer fingers up as they all sing “This Little Light of Mine”
California: a congregation is confused when they can’t reach the notes of a hymn. The organist failed to see that the transposition knob had been turned to sound a 5th higher.
Utah: an over-zealous choir director convinces a struggling ward choir of 12 that they can perform Wilhousky’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic”. The performance left the congregation wishing for ear plugs.
Arizona: an over-populated ward fails to provide hymn books or print hymn text in the programs leaving 50% of it’s members (all those packed in the cultural hall) unable to sing the Sacrament Meeting Hymns each Sunday.
California: an organist leaves town with the key to the organ leaving a congregation without accompaniment for Sacrament Meeting.
Arizona: a woman sings the solo “The Wind Beneath My Wings” in Sacrament Meeting
Utah: July 24th (Pioneer Day), sacrament meeting opening hymn: “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”
Each of these little errors really happened, although I don’t think it’s appropriate to embarrass the wards/stakes so I’ve chosen to keep the exact location/date confidential.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED MUSIC TRAINING.