IN-TUNE A CAPPELLA

Once every term...like the wildebeest migration across the Mara river to the Serengeti plains from the Maasai Mara, Seventh-day Adventist students from secondary schools across the city of Nairobi converge on a chosen school for the termly S.D.A School's Rally. 2nd Term 2008 happened to be at the Nairobi School. Having agred to meet at church at exactly 8.00am, it was quite disorienting to recieve a call from Chris telling me that he and Joseph opted to meet at The Hilton enroute, and that numerous other In-Tuners had jumped ship and decided they would proceed to the school immediately. At 8.00am...alas, it was only Ronnie, Edwin and myself at the NCSDAC premises...

When you're a student, trust me, 40 bob on transport is alot of cash to dish out...but for the sake of punctuality, we had to board two buses- one to town and the other to the school in westlands. There we were to find Craig, Joseph and Chris, as panicky as ever on hte inside yet as cool and reserved on the outside. Ted Okoth happened to be on the programme, as well as George who werent here and we were set to start in a bit. Practice is just the thing to settle our nerves...and in no time at all, Jamo was in and so was Tichy, so everything was indeed falling into place.

The prgramme co-ordiantor urged us to commence with the programme, as Lenana School, State House Girls and Eastleigh High Schools had already arrived. The moment we entered the chapel is the moment I knew that I was to MC the Sabbath School programme. Everything went well except for the time when I started the choruses with a high note and almost shrieked, otherwise I have to say that the congregation was quite receptive...this could of course be attributed to the aura of excitement that enveloped us consummately. The theme of the Rally was LIVE IT Matthew 7:24.

Ted arrived a little too late, after we had occupied the pulpit, and therefore sat at the sidelines while George took over the closing prayer he was to give. In-Tune stole the morning show by hogging the presentations and singing three items, though nobody was complaining...and by the end of the session, the chapel was full to capacity, around 1000 students.

The preacher during the sermon psychologically prepared us for a long sermon by telling us upfront that he would not take less than an hour...true to his word, he took two!...by which time hunger was evident on anumber of faces...moe clearly portrayed though by the bobbing heads of dozers.

Lunch was a smooth yet economical affair. Smooth because their were no incidents or mishaps, and economical...because the food that was given redefined 'little'...lol. No complaints though, the chef was fantastic! Other students and church youth tok the opportunity to mingle and socialize up until the afternoon programme. In-Tune hence had a spur of the moment practice with 'The Ones', an acappella group from Lenana School. It was indeed a spiritually uplifting moment.

At the end of the day, I would say, it was a win-win situation for all. The Church Elders held another successful Rally, the students had a wonderful time I presume...from the looks on their faces, the youth look satisfied and In-Tune had a ball...though for us, the fun was just about to start...