First of all, I, Kent Friesen, am writing this post, because Kaden got distracted by some chick from the frozen climes of northern Ice and Snow. You might also say that he, uh…, really likes Jazz. Also, it’s currently 10°F where she’s from. Positively balmy compared to the other day when I got the news that he “bit the dust” so to speak. That day, it was only 0°F. Not cold at all. Also, Wikipedia states that “Despite its small population base and its proximity to a much larger urban centre [her hometown] has an ice arena, a curling rink, indoor swimming pool, irrigated baseball diamonds, a motocross track, and an 18-hole championship golf course.” Looks like it’ll be a good time.
Moving on, you’ll see that it’s only 22 days until Christmas, and that means that we at Stanza are caught up in the capitalistic marketing spirit already. We won’t make you suffer through another round of Jingle Bell Rock, but we do have a few announcements to make that will make some of you happy and (hopefully) none of you mad.
Our first announcement is that we are giving you the ability to buy friends gift subscriptions for Stanza. You can go to https://stanzamusic.org/gift, and select any option ranging from one month to one year, depending on how close you are to your friend. Go ahead, make our day and check it out.
The next thing on the announcement list is the upcoming projector mode. Our projector mode is going to be the best thing since sliced sheet music powerpoint slides. You can use Apple’s AirPlay or Android’s screencast thing, whatever they call it, exactly how you would when you screen mirror for projector singing. This time, though, our app will do magic tricks and take care of navigating through the song for you. All you’ll have to do is hit the big green button—you’ll see what I’m talking about when it’s time—while you sing. This is not available in a current version, but look for it in upcoming releases of our iOS and Android apps. We will, of course, send out hype notices at the appropriate time.
The third and final topic which I desire to discuss is the new Stanza Temporary Access to Hymns Program (STAHP). Spread the word far and wide folks, this is the big one! We will give every registered account access to Stanza from the morning (or afternoon if you are towards the east side of the North American continent) of Christmas Eve until and including New Years Day 2025. In order to “take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” just sign up for an account and wait for 9AM Pacific Standard Time on Christmas Eve. Our deadline for this “amazing opportunity” is 8AM Pacific Standard Time, so make sure you don’t procrastinate.
Also, I can’t wait for the server outage at midnight on Christmas Day!
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