Bill and Blair rehearsed their solos with Donna starting at 6:30.
Warm-ups included listening to Stevie Wonder's Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing to hear the way he sings Mama while we did some stretching. Stevie's mama is what I want. We Sang You'll Never Walk Alone as a warm-up and then for real.
1. On Eagle's Wings: remember the balance of melody vs long notes of harmony at bar 43 and bar 61
2. Viva!: sopranos got lost somehow, but found their way eventually. Consider listening to your part via link on our website. Or click here for the soprano part.
3. Sunshine Medley: we spent more time on the Don't You Worry part, and it sounds good. If you're concerned about your part, let me know so we can look at modifying it. I really want us to perform this, and we'll do what we can to make it happen. Like the last section, Let the Sunshine, we can modify the arrangement, make it more flexible, easier, so that we can sing these songs. Do consider listening to versions of Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing to get more familiar with how it goes.
4. Walking on Sunshine: very good! It's great, and we showed that we can fudge it if we need to. I got lost in the overlapping part, and we just did a few extra repeats, and managed. We also did it perfectly the next time, so it's really going to be fine. Michele came up with a good trick for finding the pages of the segno and the coda. She clips a big paper clip to the spot we retun to on page 5, the segno, and to the spot that we end up at on page 11, the coda. It helps with finding the page and also helps with turning the page when you have something to grip on to. Brilliant!
5. Hallelujah: We had 5 minutes left so we didn't do We Rise Again, but sang this instead. It's always awesome.
We talked about: The Bake Sale
There was some discusssion about how to manage our bake sale in this post-pandemic period of mixed comfort with everything. Putting a bunch of bite-sized baking out for people to grab doesn't seem so attractive anymore. It is the easiest thing to do, but it seemed that the other idea of making plates of a variety of items was the hardest. We decided on a compromise, suggested by Tab and the alto section. We will ask everyone to bring baked goods in small single servings/bite sized portions, not wrapped individually, as we have always done. All choristers will donate some baking, dropping it off as they arrive (starting at 1:00) Volunteers will serve guests wearing tongs, gloves, masks, buffet-style. Volunteers will also prepare one table of plates for people to grab, for those who might prefer that, during our first half. This means we need a good number of volunteers for the bake sale, maybe 6 or more. This was done by high school students in the past. They can get volunteer hours. Please help us find these volunteers.
Next week: Tuesday, April 25th (last rehearsal downstairs)
Bill and One Voice at 6:30, Mad About Mozart at 7:00.
- We Rise Again
- Sunshine Medley
- Top of the World
- I Can See Clearly Now
- Why We Sing
Tuesday, May 2nd: Run-through rehearsal
This is like a dress rehearsal, without the dressing up. We arrive at 7:00 and we might end later than usual. We are upstairs in the sanctuary where we will be performing on May 6th. The sound guy, Doug, will be there and we'll be able to try out the microphones. We will go through the whole concert in order to make sure we know where to stand, sit, walk, and to make sure the whole thing will flow nicely. Your binders will be in concert order. I suggest you enter pages for the songs you're not singing too, so you can be clear on what you're doing while those are happening.
Tuesday, May 9th: First stop of the seniors tour: Willow's Estate in Aurora
be sure to use the YRCC Google Calendar to see where we're going to be each week.
Tuesday, May 23rd: YRCC Potluck Party and AGM
Annual General Meeting: We need to have one meeting a year with all of us: we elect and re-elect board members/the executive to run the choir (President, Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer, PR.). There's a budget to approve, and any other business. We try to keep business short so that we can have some fun eating, sing for fun, and socialize. We arrive a bit early and bring food to share.
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