No Choir Feb. 24!

SNOW DAY!!!!

9:00 AM Thursday

I hope choir members will take the rehearsal time to practice the music with the recordings.  Here are some suggestions for using the recordings.

Children's Choir--Go through each song at least 3 times with just your part only.

• Ordinary Miracle--Listen carefully to page 5,6,7 three times without singing it.  Just watch how the notes move up and down, and follow with your finger in the air as you listen to it.  Then play the recording and sing along with your part only. 
• You've Got a Friend--Listen to page 5 & 6 only several times, then sing it a couple of times.  One way you can do this by singing everything until you get to page 5 & 6, then listen to those pages, and then sing page 7 to the end.  Do the actions if you remember them.
• Dream Keeper--Review and do the actions if you remember them

Footnotes-Go through each song at least 3 times with just your part only.

• When You Believe--work especially on the Hebrew section by listening 3 times before you sing it.  Remember "i" sounds like "e" as in "me".  "ch" is a throaty "k" sound.  All the "a"s are "ah".  Sing it 3 times with the recording.  If you don't feel like you are getting it,  just listen and think it with the recording without singing out loud.  When you think you understand it try singing again.
•  Go the Distance--we need to perform this March 5, so you need to start memorizing.  This can only happen if you work on it!  Go through it multiple times!
• Swingin'--focus on page 7 to the end, that's tracks 6,7,8 for Part 1 and tracks 17,18,19 for Part 2.  Don't do the beginning yet, I have some things I want to do in rehearsal for that.  Only sing your part, don't listen to the other part yet!!!

Have a happy snow day!!!! Sing, sing, sing this week!  I'll look forward to seeing you next week!

Chorale
No rehearsal tonight!  Stay warm and cozy!  You might want to review by listening to last week's rehearsal online at  http://jerryjan.com/sherwoodchorale/mainpage