22 october 2009

Week five
Hands up for …

This week, as well as our meeting at the pub, we had lots of business to cover before we started singing, and meant that we will only do our new song by Billy Joel next week, when we will be back in the hall again. We fed back to the choir about the meeting, as Michael was too busy fiddling with computers to put up the blog entry for members to read. I am getting some good feedback about the blog, so thanks for that, dear choir.

A few members, and Ed’s wife Jenny put in their bids for this years charity, and then we had a vote, and will support a local Alzheimer’s project, for which singing has become an important part of the therapy for project users. Expect special guests at our concerts!

Im still getting used to Ed having backing tracks so he can conduct, but its great being able to see when to sing some of the more tricky phrases, ones with syncopation, and when to do your ending sound, s or t! We tackled ‘Money, money, money’, and ‘I’m a believer’ but we forgot to add our American drawls. ‘Bridge over troubled water’, had a drawl added to ‘can’t’, which amused Ed no end! We also had a go at that new song from last week that I don’t think anyone likes, or is that just me?

We over-ran to squeeze in an extra song, then went to find our cars buried in the busy car park. Back in the hall next week folks, so keep singing, and keep off the grass! Cat xxx