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Our solution was to register at a different parish. The church for the parish we just moved into was less than five minutes away. It was in a temporary structure and folks treated it like a garden party. People moving about, some even pushing baby strollers and chatting like they were in the park. Over in one corner the band was practicing, complete with drums, guitars and brass. Distracting at best when we wanted to say the rosary and our novena, but even more distracting during mass when the hymns sounded like rock music. I haven't a clue what they were playing and it was so annoying that we went to the next parish over in Sun City and registered. A longer drive, but no band practice and hymns were accompanied by an organ and a cantor.

Music is not an issue in the parish I go to now, the 7:00 is the quiet mass, ever since Covid, there is no music, no singing except when one of the priests decides to chant a prayer.