1 october 2009

Term one – week two
Where is Ed? Oh, he’s over there!

We filled the school hall quite nicely this week, all seated on lovely chairs, apart from when the naughty corner stood to sing. Dave was there to press buttons and mix sounds, and Ed had a special hiding place under the screen for the times when he did actually sit down and play his organ. And a nifty barrier, against restless sopranos. In between, we were treated to a bit of foot tapping, and some proper conducting as he had both hands free!

Revision first, with ‘higher and higher’, which many people found hard work. We also played the you-tube version so we could hear the timings in the verses, and the correct place to sing ‘keeeeep on!’ in the chorus, and this gave us a better idea. You must practice this at home!

Ed remembered his ‘stick’ – see last week’s blog – but it did not have the proper Italian on it for ‘the prayer’, so we muddled through and also sang along to the you-tube version. It was sounding better and better! We had much more Italians this week. We really needed Ed to help avoid the hissing by telling us when to sound the s’s.

Money, Money, Money, made me feel like I was auditioning for Fagin, esp. since the main female vocal part is so low, but it sound good when we mixed in some singing an octave above, and the naughty corner added in the ‘aaarghs’, not that they sound like pirates, you understand. A great song for these troubled times, make sure you sing it with aggression but down frown!
Keep listening to you-tube, and keep singing! See you next week …