Written in a light, easy-to-read and easy-to-understand style, Things They Never Tell You Before You Say "Yes" tackles many of the difficult areas of music leadership. Containing examples of real-life situations and solutions, the volume will give choir directors a higher level of confidence with their music ministry and will help music directors become more comfortable with difficult areas of music leadership.The focus of this book is on the non-musical aspects of church music ministry: library, robes, budgets, long-range anthem planning, staff relationships, parents-of-members relationship, what to tell substitutes, equipment maintenance, and so forth. These issues can overwhelm the volunteer or first-timer who was expection little more than learning music and teaching it to the choirs. Robin Knowles Wallace presents practical "how-to" ways get a handle of these issues and deal with them efficiently.Market:* Church choir directors* Church music directors