Clark, I Hear the Harps Eternal!

That was fun!

But there really isn't a lot to say.

Morning rehearsal went smoothly.  Ran through a lot of stuff, but not everything.

Afternoon rehearsal was where I started to feel that my voice was losing it.  I actually started marking.  Though we did get to sing the alternate lyrics to "Hark, I hear the Harps Eternal".  That was worth it.

The banquet was interesting.  I was completely underdressed.  I'll have to remember that for regionals.  We got our pins!

The concert went really well.  It wasn't too short, which was good.  Too short would have ruined the whole experience for me.  We did sing the original lyrics during the actual concert, but when he told us that we were going to do it again for an encore, it was practically assumed that the alternate lyrics were necessary.

After the concert we got our music for Regional Chorus.  I looked at it as soon as we got home.  One of the first things I noticed was that the TTBB piece is another Emily Dickinson poem.  That has to be one of the biggest coincidences there ever was.  In all, there are more songs in different languages, and the director's asking that most of them be memorized.  Most Anticipated: "How I Discovered America".

I'm excited for this.  I really am.

-NM

P.S. I know, I used my a name for the first time in the title.  I justify that by the fact that I don't know him personally, and an initial would have lost the effect.