Scene from Saturday night Mass

I have been taking Dom and Emmy to Saturday evening Mass, so that I am free to take Luca to hockey on Sunday mornings and Angela is free to go to 8 am Mass on Sunday without having to take the two little guys. So I am at Mass at St. Mary's in Cortland tonight, and after Communion, the choir, which is seated in the pews rather than the choir loft, launches into a Negro spiritual. It began with keyboard accompaniment, but ended a capella. In one of those uncomfortable moments after they had concluded the song, some attendees clapped while others, not feeling applause to be appropriate (such as me), just sat there.

So on the way back to the car, Dom and Em are commenting on this. Dom says something like: "A Negro spiritual... that's what we need, a chocolate Cortland!" He is really impressed with Ray Nagin - especially the hand gestures!