Singer Of Note

In my first major pastorate, we came up with a bold plan to raise some funds. We would fly in the well known tenor Manuel Escorcio (pictured), and put on a concert at the City Hall. And so we did, and nobody was disappointed with a first rate performance. We needed, however, some opening acts, so we invited a number of well known local singers. Not being too familiar with human nature at that time, I was taken aback when one Christian singer -- who, until then, I knew only through smiling photographs -- called us up in anger, saying that he, too, was a singer of note, and demanded to be included in the programme. He had our organiser in a stew. So we included him. OBSERVATION: We met our fund-raising target, thanks to excellent organisation and the pulling power of Manuel Escorcio.