Sight reading

I was annoyed at church this morning. I usually slip in right after the offertory during the 9:30 Mass to play the last half of the service, allowing the organist/choirmaster to go rehearse the gallery choir in preparation for the 11:00 Mass. Well, this morning, I was just about to play the Agnus Dei and the organist came over with major handwritten changes to the accompaniment to accommodate the guitarist playing along. I always like sight reading manuscript and notation I can't read in front of 300 people.