Ed threw out a few future dates, and a reminder for dress code and then it was time to run through our Christmassy songs again. If you enjoyed last years workshop ‘Day At The Musicals’ keep an ear out for next years ‘Day At The Movies’ ....
Lifted cheekbones, to keep the sound brighter, and supported singing to keep us in tune, are needed for O Come and Once.
Carol of The Bells features a strange phenomenon in that it slows down when we hit merry, merry, merry. Also we all breathed at the same time, but I rather fear I ended up light headed. After a little work we improved the pace, and only had the ending to improve. Ed will sleep well tonight. Well, maybe.
Stage left was rather lacking tonight, and by that I mean quantity not quality. This was going to make The Holly And The Ivy very interesting. Just checking the allocation of numbered parts was fraught enough. Do not be tempted to follow any wrong notes with a cheeky raspberry sound. Especially next week, when you will also remember to repeat the last chorus!
Of course O Holy Night contains a trap into which many choir members fall, the trap of not singing the chorus the same both times that you sing it! Yet tonight we fell not.
Ever challenging is tequila, and when I do an exclusive interview of Ed for the blog I shall be asking where his inspiration for this shenanigans came from! It’s all about coming in at the right place and making sure your kazoo has been tuned properly before being hidden carefully on your person ready for its moment!
Just for fun at the end we whipped out YouTube to sing some party songs for a treat after all that hard work! Waterloo and then some of us went to the Spa .... for tequila!
Oh my golly gosh DFS, you are amazing. Just the way you are! I’ve not laughed so much in ages! Xxx
