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Stepping up the Pace

Trills on a Tuesday




Firstly, apologies to our Zoomers. We are on it and hoping for a quick response, but not via the internet!


With only five more rehearsals left until the concert, we are stepping up the pace to ensure that we have not only learned all the songs but also perfected them. 

 

We all need to step up and ensure we check Dropbox for any new songs, as some will be dropped this week. Also, ensure you have the updated versions of any songs previously sung.

 

It was unfortunate that we had internet issues again. We have asked to have this looked into to find a resolution, so apologies to the Zoomers.  Hopefully, it will be working next week.

 

We went through Nights in White Satin, which is very well remembered. 

The quiet moments need more support, especially the ‘I love you, ooh, ooh’. Use the muscles in your body to help you.

 

Altos and Tenors need to make the notes sound out and not text.

On the twiddly bits – keep it under control.  Make it more like a dragonfly flitting by rather than a high-speed car!

 



Annie’s Song – version 2024 – ensure you have the correct copy!

This is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Denver.

 

It was written as an ode to Denver's wife at the time, Annie Martell Denver. He wrote this song in July 1973 in about ten-and-a-half minutes one day on a ski lift to the top of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. The physical exhilaration of having just skied down a very difficult run and the feeling of total immersion in the beauty of the colours and sounds that filled all senses inspired him to think about his wife.

Annie said that the first time she heard Annie's Song, she told John it had the same melody as Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, Second Movement. He walked over to the piano, sat for an hour, and returned. The only thing remaining from Tchaikovsky was the first five notes. It was fantastic

 

The Altos interlock with verses.

Enjoy the ‘Oohs’ and make them long phrases rather than separate notes.

Altos, if you are having trouble finding your starting note, it is the same note as ‘the’ that the Sops have just sung in ‘Like a storm in the desert.’

 

The Ooh section should be epic and loud into ‘Come let me love you’ the second time around then, followed by the contrast of a quiet finish.

 

Basses – ‘Come let me love you’ should be loud, but ‘Come love me again’ should be quiet.

Smile when you sing, ‘Come love me again.’

 



Song for a Winter’s Night is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot, another song inspired by missing his wife of the time, Brita Ingegerd Olaisson, when his thoughts turned to winter.

 

It was first recorded for his album The Way I Feel (1967). The song was written on a hot summer night in Cleveland while Lightfoot performed there.

 

Many of us did not know Song for a Winter’s Night, and as such, Eamonn thought we learned it quickly because we didn’t already have ‘the tune’ in our heads and just sang the notes we were given.

 

The rhythm is important in this song, and on pain of death, only breathe at the rest and nowhere else.

 

There are little echoes of the different voices as we each sing our parts with some overlapping in the ‘If I could have you….’ section.

On page 5, Tenors can join the basses.

 

Listen to this during the week and familiarise yourself with your respective parts, and we will revisit it next week.

 

After stepping up the pace and learning two new songs (for most of you), we finished with Thank You for the Days.

Be very intense on ‘Although you’re gone’ with a quiet echo ‘although you’re gone’.

 

Do not breathe in between ‘believe’ and ‘me’.  Place the ‘me’ carefully at the end, and do not rush.

 

Homework is important now so we can keep up this pace and concentrate on polishing and performing in the next few weeks.

 


If you believe you can do it;

You can!

Don't stop believing.

 



See you next week!

 

 

 

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Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club

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Twickenham Road.

TW9  2SB

                                        

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