21 may 2009

Term Three

Week 5 – ‘larve’ you really …

Choir does feel like hard work these days, with a bumper warm up from 6.45. Ed mentioned the Preston Rectory Garden Party and suggested we sing at noon, not too near the start, nor at the end of the day when everyone’s gone home. We can eat our packed lunches after our half hour slot.

Carol, Michaels mum, is going to collate raffle prizes for out summer concert, so get those tins of sprouts to her please. Prizes will be grouped in attractive ‘hampers’, which will also make the raffle easier to draw and the end.

Two new songs tonight, The Rhythm of Life, and Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat, meant we had to concentrate very hard. Most of the choir were too young to know the second song of course! Ed never has the same music or words on his Clavinova that we have on the white board – when we gave a theatrical laugh where the words say (laughter) he stopped playing and berated us for our sarcasm. The (gasps!) were particularly enjoyed too!

Because we worked so hard on the new songs we had time at the end for a treat, and it wasn’t chocolate at the naughty corner had already finished it off, it was really revision of our favourite songs, by request.

Our pronunciation was corrected singing The Rose, as our ‘love’ sounded muddy and slurry, and that’s no way for love to be. So don’t sing ‘luuuuuuv’ but ‘laaaarve’, and it sounds a lot better. Yes, even to me with my lovely northern flat vowels. It did make me realise how easy it is to reinforce bad habits in choir, as we also sang our favourite wrong-note in rule the world, too. Its hard to sing against the majority, and easier to go with the flow. This half term, while working on your DIY projects why not listen to some of our songs, and do a lot of practicing. Sing a little everyday, and if you are good I might pop in and blog for you next week, too. Have a good half term holiday! xxx