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Between Chorus Concerts

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One chorus concert is in the bag, in the record books, wrapped up.  The second one is in less than four hours. I’m hoping it will go as well as yesterday’s, which was not perfect on my part. In my defense, I woke up with a splitting eye headache, a runny nose, and lots of… Continue reading Between Chorus Concerts

So Many Songs

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The chorus is doing American music through the Ages, from the Revolution to Hamilton. There are medleys and mash-ups and lots of words to memorize. The notes are easy, the words, not so much. We ae singing Stephen Foster tribute: Beautiful Dreamer, Swanee River, Some Folks, Camptown Races, Oh, Susanna, Plink a plink. We are… Continue reading So Many Songs