Choister Spotlight: Sandy Rinehart

Music, particularly choral music, has been a significant presence in Sandy’s life beginning in the second grade in her mother’s children’s choir in Willard, Ohio, where she was a fellow chorister with Sandy Jump. It continued on through high school choirs and a girls’ sextet. Somewhere along the line, 5+ years of piano lessons provided an extra foundation. She and her husband, J. David, moved from Willard to Granville in the early 60s and joined First Presbyterian and sang in the choir before Owens Corning whisked them away, first to Texas, then Toledo, Ohio, and finally back to Granville in 1973, where they joined the choir once again. Together they have been singing with the Chancel Choir for 53 years!

A teaching position allowed Sandy to share her music with 3rd graders for 18 years. She bought an old upright and painted it red (with apologies to Elton John)! 

Choirs have been a source of family for Sandy. There is a connection and a sense of belonging in every choir, truly embodying the phrase in the hymn, “the tie that binds.”