The Clock is Ticking Tick Tok Tick Tok

In not ideal circumstances with dim lighting and different acoustics, we could hear that our hard work is paying off. Even with less familiar songs we sang out and harmonised well.

The next two rehearsals will be in concert formation with a pianist and Martha will be able to give us her full attention and conduct us, so it will be critical that we know our words and music well enough to be able to look up a see the instructions and obey them!

Look out for an email from Martha with the running order and then have your music in that order so we can go through from start to finish and then maybe revisit anything that needs extra work.

Just a little reminder of how well we sing, Steal Away

There will also be an email with the choir formation.  The last concert was a great success with the tiered format enabling everyone to see and be heard as we are not singing into the back of someone’s head!  Please be patient and mindful that this is not an easy task placing over fifty singers and it is not always possible to satisfy everyone’s wishes. 

The aim is for everyone to see, be heard and enjoy the experience.

Going through the whole programme will help us build up our stamina as well as instil confidence so we can be heard, especially the Altos, who are quite considerable in number!

Ole Le Loyla – please learn this by heart (not hearth, which is a fireplace and features in couple of our songs).

And another favourite, The Rose

Everyone sings the Sop line all the way through to start

Sops sing on their own once then Altos join in the second time and Tenors and Basses join in the third time

The Sops keep going on their own with the first line and then the Altos join in with their first line then the Tenors and Basses join in with their first line. Then repeat once with Sops holding on their last note, altos holding on to their last note until the Tenors and Basses have finished and then we all raise it up to a loud ‘La’ and then go into another round all singing our harmony to finish.

If in doubt, watch Martha!

Other hints and tips:

Do not to hiss words with an ‘s’.  If you are unsure where the ‘s’ should be, don’t sing it!

If Sops are singing a rare harmony line, don’t sing too loudly so the words of the tune can be heard.

Enunciate your words so the audience will be able to hear them clearly. Some of these songs will be new to them.

Don’t rush the endings.  Watch Martha carefully and she will give you the right timing.

Never doubt you are good enough.  You are putting in the work and we will have a glorious evening of song.

To ensure we have a big audience to sing to and for them to sing along with us, keep selling the tickets!