Most Important Day - Courtney Tucker

I attend Refuge Baptist in Lake City, AR. I remember when I was younger, I would look forward to going to church on Sunday mornings because I knew the band would be playing. I feel as though the praise band at my church is what got me really involved with music. A perfect oppurtunity came up for me about 2 years ago. The piano player in the band was moving off to college. Of course, the band needed a new pianist, as soon as possible. I had heard the news about the piano player and me, never played the piano before in my life, wanted to fill the role. My mom and the praise band leader are good friends and so, in a way, my mom talked me up for the position. My mom and I set up piano lessons with the praise band leader. I caught on really fast and was playing fairly well within 7 months. Now to clarify, it took me 7 months only because the praise band leader only had time for 30-minute lessons once a week. After about 6 months of once a week lessons, I started to join the praise band at practices that they had and still have every Wednesday night. One Wednesday night, the day had come. The most important day of my life is when I was asked to be a part of the praise band at my church. We were playing Amazing Grace. We finished the song and the praise band leader asked me to play that song on Sunday morning. At that moment, I had become an official member of the band I had admired for a long, long time.