Personal History Sunday

What kind of music do you like?



I enjoy all kinds of music. I love sacred (or religious music) as well as country, rock, pop, some hip hop, a little rap (very little), some punk or grunge, techno, etc. In addition I also enjoy many classical pieces as well as new age music and almost everything there is with the exception of hard rock and explicit lyrics type music. There are many songs that have memories attached to them. One of those songs is Rachmaninoff: Concert no. 2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The song was on a movie entitled "Somewhere in Time." My parents owned the soundtrack on vinyl record. Whenever my mom would play that record I would dance around the house singing the words "somewhere in time" over and over again as if they were the words to the song. As far as I knew, being a little girl, they were the words to the song.

Another song with some attachment to it was a song entitled, "Don't take the Girl" by Tim McGraw. I used to hate country music until my about my sophomore year when my sisters friend Sherry played this song in the car and that one song converted me over to country. I have really liked country ever since and I enjoy it even more now that I am married to a country boy. In fact Kent's and my song is "I cross my heart," by George Strait. As for other popular country music I am sure that I could tell story after story about the songs, but that should be saved for another day.

There are a few songs that really mean something to me and have for a long time. These songs are religious songs. The first song I have loved and felt the spirit of since I was a little girl. The song is, "Families Can be Together Forever." I have always felt a deep desire to be with my family forever and so that song touches me often. Another song that touches me is, "Because I have Been Given Much." I truly have been given much and so that makes me want to give to others. I love all the powerful songs that talk of Christ such as, "I believe in Christ," "I Know that my Redeemer Lives," "I Stand All Amazed," and so on.

Music has always been a part of my life and I am so grateful for that. I have a deep love for music. One of my favorite things to do is sing and play the piano. I developed a love of singing as well as developed confidence in my voice when I was in choir all through high school. My senior year of high school I was in the Chamber Choir which was an all girl's choir and it was the highest group you could be in while in choir. I was very surprised and honored when I made it into that choir. I think weekly probably of things that I learned from being in choir and I treasure those times from my high school experience.

I always desired to play the piano. At Grandma Holdaway's house I was always playing the piano. When I was in about fifth grade grandma got her new baby grand and gave my mom her upright. Once we had a piano I was dying to take piano lessons. I took for about two years from Rosalee Petersen and loved it. We decided we wanted her to teach us when we heard her play a beautiful piano piece in church one Sunday just after she had moved into the ward. When we moved to Oregon I felt that I was able to sight read well enough that we didn't need to spend money on piano lessons anymore. While I still love playing the piano I wish I took more time to do so. It's a skill I need to keep up.