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Appreciating Your Band-Take a Break and Break Some Bread
I became the worship leader at my church over 2 years ago. After a while I felt like we were getting into a rut and stale in our music and our rehearsals. What I began to realize is that all we did was practice and lead. I decided that what we needed was a chance to spend time, not playing our instruments. So for one rehearsal I ordered fajitas from a local restaurant and treated them to a meal. It was nothing fancy, just some chicken, cheese and tortillas. We sat and ate, talked about stuff, learned about each other and we even ended up playing through some new songs, but that wasn’t the focus. The whole meal cost me around $100. The money spent is nothing compared to what has happened since.
Over the past years we have continued this tradition. Not on a regular basis but randomly. We meet together, share a meal and just chill out. Turns out I think it has been some of the most productive rehearsal times that we have had.
How often do you just take a break and do something different with your team?
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I’ve done the same thing before.. we actually took off from practice and went to marble slab together because many eat dinner before we rehearse. It was a good thing to do..some didn’t know what to do with it.. one even left because that person is very task oriented and if we weren’t going to work on music had other things to do. If I do this again I’ll either bring in some blue bell and some fixins or an ice cream maker full for the crew. It really did mean a lot to those who went. I think it changed the atmosphere of our group from a work group to family… will do more again soon.
wow.. hadn’t thought about the icecream and fixings. Great Idea.
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