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Monday, March 21st was WONDERFUL!
When we sang this, it felt heavenly. We’re back. Donna was fabulous, the
choir sounds great! I was so happy! We sat side-by-side, not distanced, but
sang with masks. It worked. We could hear each other and sing out with
confidence.
For the first two verses, make sure you are holding notes as written,
observe rests as they are, just a short breath maybe, and after the second
ending, more legato, link the words together without a rest, especially
mountains you and middle of page 6 : “You raise me up to more than I can be”
all linked and lush and loud, not soft (ignore the “a little less” notation).
This time we’re singing it as a big hug, soothing and lush- mark your music,
erase notations to cut short, erase notation/notes to sing softly in the middle
of page 6!
Thinking about adding an extra verse with an audience, having the
audience sing a third verse, repeating the first, with the choir singing only mmm
or soft doo-doos. We tried it out and it could work.
2. I Can See Clearly Now
We sang along with a recording that Blair found for us. It’s from the
Alfred Music site Alfred.com. It was quite a bit faster than what Donna and I
like. We’ll do it slower. Here’s a link to that recording.
My YouTube channel has two choir versions. Here’s a link to my playlists. Click on the POST COVID Playlist and you’ll find all kinds of treasures.
3. Sunshine Medley
Here comes the sun, and I say, it’s alright, let the sun in, don’t you
worry bout a thing. It’s often difficult to relax and open up to good things
after going through bad things.
We reviewed the beginning, Here Comes the Sun, and continued with the
transition to Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a thing. We walked through the whole thing,
and even sight-read the Here Comes the Sun ending!
I had some blank stares during the Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing part. I
recommend that you take a look at the video on my Post COVID Playlist (Here’s a link) to get a
feel for what I’ve got in my medley. I borrowed heavily from that version. There’s
also a Here Comes the Sun and the Aquarius/Let The Sunshine video there for
you. Here’s a link if you want to go straight to Don’t
You Worry.
4. Hallelujah
All TB on first solo All SA on second solo, we stood,
some physically distanced without masks and it was so good!!!
5. Why We Sing
We had a couple more minutes and decided to sing this. Same idea with
the solos: all TB all SA. We remained standing. Donna was sight-reading. It was
awesome! What a talent! The choir was fantastic too! I felt a wonderful high
that I haven’t felt in such a long time!
Take Note:
During break, we talked about moving to Tuesdays to keep Donna, and we
all agreed that it was the best plan, and Lauren and Jane are working to make
it happen.
We also talked about working toward seniors’ visits and maybe a park
concert instead of our usual big formal concert. With the small numbers and
pandemic stress, along with all the transitions happening, we decided it would
be best not to have a formal concert.
We’ll have more details on performance plans as they get booked. Seniors
concerts are only an hour, from 7 to 8 and we’ll look at Tuesday evenings in
June.
Next week, Monday, March 28
6:30: Good Morning, Starshine Small Group
1. On Eagle’s Wings
2. I Can See Clearly Now
3. Sunshine Medley
4. We Rise Again
5. You’ll Never Walk Alone
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