Reply #12: A brolga is a bird with very long legs and neck.

[Matilda]

Think ostrich, but prettier. The ostrich is actually closer to the emu, our native bird, but the
brolga is prettier, soft white/grey feathers and a red head and they do dance! Not just when
they're mating, but anytime except when nesting. I'm pretty sure they can fly too, unlike the
ostrich or the emu.

We mostly use an inter-faith hymn book, One Voice, which I think fails to be very inspiring because
it's trying to be all things to all people. We also use a very slim book (which we just call the
purple book) produced for our parish, and it has all the great old Catholic hymns, but it isn't
used as often as One Voice, which is a great pity. Many years ago, we used to have an excellent
musical director and a good choir, but our last parish priest wasn't really into music, and the
choir dwindled to just one man (who does have a good voice, very well trained), but if he's away,
we have nobody to lead. Our new priest was hired to get the finances into order, and music's not
a priority with him either. Sad.