12 november 2009

Term one Week seven
Shaa la la la laaa ….

Ed came in the car this week, and brought jack, who had put together the words of a new warm up, so we sang a rousing chorus of ‘he’s got the hole world in his hands’, just one of the many songs we tackled tonight.

Kicking of with in the bleak midwinter, it didn’t sound like a dirge at all, which has been the suggestion of some members, until the second version of the tune was tested out, and hurriedly voted off! We need our ‘Jerusalem’ voices for this, and just watch those timings, hit up the choir boys on you tube to see how the words fit in.

We spent over ten minutes listening to bony m’s Christmas song, and singing the first part of it. Then some choir members got very silly and sang ‘brown girl in the ring’ although I have to say it fitted rather well…

There were grumps and grumbles about ‘chasing cars’, which is mostly about lying down in the rain, but comes after a forum request for a more up-to-date number. The bit about ‘grace’ isn’t in the you tube version, and if we take it out, it might sound a bit, well, shorter.

Then we rattled through ‘the river of dreams’ it really needs some homework done on it, for the verses. I said it last week. Just do it.

And the treat, for working so hard? Singing ‘bridge over troubled water’ most beautifully. Didn’t we do well?

Disclaimer – the ramblings of the choir blogger may bare no relation to actual options of Dorset for singing itself, its members, or administrators. Cat loves you, keep singing XXX