The Ward Choir...
"I am so glad to see so many people here! I'm so excited!" The choir director welcomed us, even though she was getting over a cold. And indeed the turn out was pretty good considering how many we've had sing in the past. There was one week when our choir was a quartet.
We
sang for about 45 minutes in a member's home. I sang bass because we had two already singing tenor and if I had sung tenor, tenors would have outnumbered basses 3 to 1. When we were done my voice wasn't as worn
out as it was Wednesday night after 2 hours of Beethoven. This week we had chocolate cake after practice--a very nice incentive, indeed...
I've sung in some of the most elite groups in the state and with some of the most talented voices anywhere. And leading the choirs I've sung with have been some incredibly gifted directors. But there's something humble about a little ward choir. There's a lot of jokes about the ward choir--many of the jokes said at rehearsals of those other choirs I've been in. In the ward choir we're not the elite voices or the most talented, but that's not really the point now is it?
Good point. I sing in a ward choir too. 2 hours of Beethoven? Where else do you sing?
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