It was the Chorus’ new intake night tonight. As usual, I was helping out by taking the mug-shots of all our new recruits – with the added bonus that somebody else was transcribing the details from their registration forms into a database. A few familiar faces appeared in front of my lens; Chris M (Mark G’s partner) was there, as well as Jonathan P (one of the dancers from the You’ll Do For Now show) and Rohen K (an acquaintance from my university days.)
After the interminable hanging around while everyone had their voice tested so they could be placed in their sections, we settled down as a group to learn some songs. Charlie (our MD) was on his own tonight, as Simon (the Deputy MD) was off with a couple of the guys performing at a fee-paying gig. We started off doing the very lovely, but quite conventional song The Rose. After that, we spent about forty-five minutes on the more adventurous Bootylicious Medley. We only managed to pick up one of the three songs of which the piece consists, but everyone seemed to be enjoying it and it certainly is a break from the ‘Choral norm.’
It was interesting to watch people’s reactions when the choreography was mentioned, though, especially when the existing Chorus members were invited to the front to perform the whole of the medley – which we did fairly well, not having performed it since May!
As we were finishing early, I stayed for a quick drink and had a chat to a couple of the new guys. It also helped me cool down as we were sweltering in the rehearsal room!
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