Playing the Organ

There is not one person who plays the organ in our ward and only a handful of us play the piano. So they called one of the pianists to play the organ and she called me to fill in so she could go out of town. After asking if I really was the last resort and if I could play the organ without the foot pedals, I agreed to do it. Wow! You haven't played a hymn til you've played it loudly on the organ in a church building. It was really cool. I learned which settings to put the organ on so I could play without the pedals. They actually picked some pretty hard hymns, so I really had to practice. I was so nervous last night, and this morning. But once I got there and was able to play the prelude, I was fine although I was extremely nervous. But I did it! And it was actually pretty fun, and I didn't make too many mistakes! I want to do it again! I would love to learn how to really play the organ. I found a free online course by BYU. I may try it. We'll see, the biggest hurdle is that I don't have an organ or a key to the church or permission to practice there. I'll have to see what I can do about that!