Good morning fellow songsters.
In Chris's absence it has been left it to me to give a summary of last nights practice. Firstly, welcome to newest recruit to Paul who, after we softened him up over a pint or two expressed an interest in joining us, I quickly got his phone No & email address before he could change his mind. Welcome Paul. Well, how was it for you? I ask this because Jon, after the warmup, launched us into his new song "Black Gold" which immediately prompted some searching questions as to whether we should be singing a "quite jolly" song relating to the slave trade, obviously quite a contentious subject. Jon explained that it was in fact a relatively recent song written to cynically pour scorn on the practise, not to glorify it. However not everyone was convinced that the audience would see it that way and Jon decided to go with the flow so we shelved it. Sorry Jon, we know you put in quite a lot of work on that one. Whew..... then on to lighter matters thank goodness; We then launched into perfecting Ye Mariners All, Going to the Mine, Shenandoa, The Song Goes On, ending up with a fine rendition of John Ball. (not necessarily in that order - memory failing). And a good night was had by all, retiring to the T&S to sample the latest edition to Margot's pumps, "Black Sheep Blonde"
Over and out for now, happy Easter, remember NO meeting next Wednesday - we return on Wed 10th. Martin
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Good morning marras de chanson And very good luck to Trio Los Paralyticos (David M, Paul and John) aka the Shower 🚿 Boy 🧒 Baritones on their venture to represent VoiceMale at Singing in the Shed in Shrewsbury this weekend - we’ll miss your dulcet tones in Longframlington on Friday lads😊😳🎵🎶. Break a leg and enjoy ☺️ ……
Well the lurgy seems to have caught up with the choir at last as a number of us were laid low last night - we wish you all a speedy recovery ❤️🩹 - get well soon we need you back asap!!!! Dr Chris recommends the standard medication 💊 🥃🍺🍷. On the plus side we’re hoping our ranks will be swelled on Friday by the return of Mike J, Brian, Nigel, Dave E and a hopefully fit again Gez!! The evening went well - Jon reckons we’re match ready 🏉 🏉🏉🏋🏾♀️🏋🏾♀️🏂🤺 and concentrated on the finer points of our delivery - so we’ll be in fine voice come Friday 🥳🤠 to wow the natives of Longframlington🎶🎵🥳. By the year end Jon’s knowledge of the villages of Northumberland will know no bounds - this year it’ll be Hebron, Longfram, Netherwitton, Longhorsley and Bellingham - last year Thropton, Harbottle and Alwinton - a veritable Northumbrian world tour 🐑 🦌 🐄 !!!! Nuff said - just another last minute plea for all of us to cajole, pressurise, persuade and encourage our friends and families to support us and, more importantly, to enable us to financially support research into prostate cancer via Prostate Cancer UK. You will all know a friend, choir member or relation who has succumbed - you know it makes sense!!! Let’s make Friday a financial success to help out🙏. It’s full dress 👗 👗 uniform and we meet up at 1800 on Friday - see yous aaalll then. Blue skies, onwards and upwards lads - here’s to an enjoyable night in Longframlington 🎶🎵🙏🍺☘️ 🚀 Cheers Chris Mes chers amis
Vroom vroom vroom 🏎️ 🏎️ 🏎️ - like a cavalcade of finely honed F1 cars, VoiceMale limbered up last night in preparation for an entertaining Saturday night in Hebron - our first gig of the season. A marathon session showed that all the hours of pre match preparation with burpees, press ups and squats had paid off as the choir launched in to Saturdays set list with gusto - methinks we sounded in fine voice 🎶🎵🥳🥰. The Boss was however not his usual self suffering 😤🤕🤒 with an uncharacteristic croaky voice and he was clearly a tad under the weather ☔️ - needless to say his spirits revived when he heard Pit Bull Soldiers being sung with reverence and harmony 😊👍🏼 - sounded good to me. We managed to get through most of the set list without too many blips albeit, honestly, we were a bit weak on the last two verses of the Song goes on - a bit of rapid word learning and timing needed there by the tunes. Last night we were glad to welcome a potential new member in Alan Hardiman - Alan is from Morpeth and didn’t seem too phased by you lot of reprobates - hoping you liked it Alan - it’s a daunting task to join a new choir but I’m sure you’ll have great fun with us and you are most welcome. On Saturday we’re going to see a lot of guys doing only their first or second gig with us - good luck to you all - it’ll be great fun in a convivial atmosphere, so just relax and make sure you enjoy the occasion - the audience and your fellow choir members want nothing more than to share a good time with you😊😊👍🏼. Relax and enjoy🎶🎵😊!!! One thing to take away from last night was Jon’s message that if you can’t hear what the guy next to you is singing then you’re probably singing too loud 😵💫🤮🤯 - on Saturday, although we’re expecting a good turn out of members, we will be missing quite a few of our stronger tunes and our bass’s are down to two - so it’s down to you middles to ensure we keep a good balance on the night - I’m sure Jon will make sure that happens!!!! Great practice yesterday - let’s hope the boss recovers well for Saturday and is back to crowing like a cock 🐓 whilst the rest of us are carolling like larks 🐦 🦅 🐦 (let’s be the light that is coming in the evening to Hebron😂🥳🍺). Onwards and upwards VoiceMale 👍🏼😊🎵🎶🥰🥳🍺👏 🚀 - howay the toon 🏁🏴🏳️ and whichever nation you’re supporting in the rugby this weekend 🏴🏴 🏴 🇫🇷 🇮🇪 🇮🇹!!! Cheers Chris |
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