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Bill East wrote: > > > I'm the Kantor at Our Lady of Walsingham Anglican Usage R.C. Church > > here > > in Houston, Texas. > > My dear chap: you may very well be everything else you say, but you > cannot possibly be a Kantor. There is no such word. Krockers will > tell you so. > > We shall have a Karol singer on the list next! > Well - we also publish a weekly Kalendar in the Sunday leaflet - and that sometimes gets similar comments from native Texans - but there it is - Kalendar. Now, I play the organ, and lead a small "choir", and print up all the worship leaflets, and occasionally intone parts of the Mass or Office. But I don't play that much "organ music" so I don't want to have the title Organist. I don't stand up and wave my arms in front of people, so I don't want the title Choir Director. Even though I put together the music for most of the Liturgies I don't want to likened to other people employed by R.C. churches in this diocese who have the title Music Director. Our church has NEVER had someone standing in front of the church to lead the congregation in singing, and never will, it is not necessary. In this country those people started out being called Song Leaders but then all the Liturgists decided that a more politically correct title would be Cantor. So you can see why I want no part of being a Cantor. I'm trying to follow the concept of either a Jewish Synagogue Kantor or possibly the German example of J.S. Bach (even though I rarely play any of his music). This may fly in the face of what some scholars think is appropriate spelling, but after all, in this country we are quite used to statements of position being made by subtle twists of spelling or grammar. I'm pretty sure it happens elsewhere, also. Thanks much for your input. Does anyone know anything about the "processional churches" of the St. John Order in England? Thanks again. Stephen M. Collins Our Lady of Walsingham Anglican Usage R.C. Church Houston, Texas BTW I see you've been on pilgrimage to the Shrine of OLW in England - many of our congregation have made the trip, including our Pastor in conjunction with taking his daughter to entire the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland last summer. I hope to make the trip someday myself. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%