Originally posted by Bill in Dayton:
Part of my curiosity on this is a previous experience I had with a church and a dance series my band put on. My quartet had been hired to play for a number of dinner dances on Friday nights...all secular music...which went off very well. After the Friday nigth dances came to a stop...we explored the idea of starting our own Sunday afternoon dances from 3:00pm - 6:00pm. The Minister took it to the Trustees...who approved it. Attendance was decent but never really took off like we hoped for and ultimately, we stopped having it.
After the fact, the Minister said several people in his congregation didn't like the idea of a dance on Sundays. He explained to me in his opinion, that was an unfortunate view for his members to display. he felt strongly that God never voiced a displeasure with dancing in church. He buttrussed (sp?) his argument by the use of non traditional music in more and more services in Churches all over the world.
Bill in Dayton
To address your other question - my band has played for my parish's annual dinner dance and festival for many years. At first, people were surprised to hear me playing rock n' roll, but now they look forward to hearing the band.
Not to say that you didn't, but I played different music in church than I ever would at a dance. It sounds to me like the congregation wouldn't have supported a Sunday dance no matter who played. You just happened to be the unfortunate party.
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