Yesterday I went through 3.5 hrs of choir practices on some much less than easy songs. It was a blast by by the end I was exhausted, and my throat was exhausted. I didn't know one could get so tired singing.
Today I woke up, and wisely chose to rest my voice and just listen to some of the numbers to prepare for tonight's concert. That helped me finally memorize all the words and that came in handy.
My attempts at resting my voice ended when I got to church and remembered it was also our Ward choir performance. Then I was going to not sing the hymns during sacrament meeting. I tried, but when music plays I have to sing. Then I went and taught primary, and I had to keep quieting the kids. then, it was singing time. in the words of one of the songs we performed tonight- How can I keep from singing? When its the Book of Mormon stories song, and the snow man song I cant.
So I left church with a more tired voice than I started, and one hour to eat dinner and get to the Stake center. I ran home, finished dinner and ate, being sure not to eat any cheese or dairy. I had to do something to relax my voice and throat, so I drank hot water with lemon and honey. I drank probably a liter of it, then I took off to the church.
As we started our practice I didn't see how I would be able to sing, but my muscles relaxed and my voice warmed up and things were looking good. Anytime we took a break I drank some water. With a half hour till time to start, I really had to pee. But practice wasn't over. I waited. Fifteen minutes to go, still practicing. Finally with three minutes till we had to be back in our seat I was able to rush to the bathroom. I thought I was safe.
As we sat waiting for the rest of the choir to take their seats, my good friend Katie started making up her own words to some of our songs. She would sing part of Cindy, and then she started changing the words to I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, to I couldn't hear nobody sing. I was busting up. I could hear somebody singing, she was sitting right next to me ,and I was smiling.
About two songs into our 10 song repertoire all that water I drank came back to haunt me. I had to pee again, and we had 45 minutes to go. 45 minutes of not just singing but also dancing and clapping, but I did it, I made it through ,and I had a blast. Now my voice is gone, My throat is tired, and I am ready for sleep. and I don't wanna hear nobody sing, till tomorrow.
Today I woke up, and wisely chose to rest my voice and just listen to some of the numbers to prepare for tonight's concert. That helped me finally memorize all the words and that came in handy.
My attempts at resting my voice ended when I got to church and remembered it was also our Ward choir performance. Then I was going to not sing the hymns during sacrament meeting. I tried, but when music plays I have to sing. Then I went and taught primary, and I had to keep quieting the kids. then, it was singing time. in the words of one of the songs we performed tonight- How can I keep from singing? When its the Book of Mormon stories song, and the snow man song I cant.
So I left church with a more tired voice than I started, and one hour to eat dinner and get to the Stake center. I ran home, finished dinner and ate, being sure not to eat any cheese or dairy. I had to do something to relax my voice and throat, so I drank hot water with lemon and honey. I drank probably a liter of it, then I took off to the church.
As we started our practice I didn't see how I would be able to sing, but my muscles relaxed and my voice warmed up and things were looking good. Anytime we took a break I drank some water. With a half hour till time to start, I really had to pee. But practice wasn't over. I waited. Fifteen minutes to go, still practicing. Finally with three minutes till we had to be back in our seat I was able to rush to the bathroom. I thought I was safe.
As we sat waiting for the rest of the choir to take their seats, my good friend Katie started making up her own words to some of our songs. She would sing part of Cindy, and then she started changing the words to I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, to I couldn't hear nobody sing. I was busting up. I could hear somebody singing, she was sitting right next to me ,and I was smiling.
About two songs into our 10 song repertoire all that water I drank came back to haunt me. I had to pee again, and we had 45 minutes to go. 45 minutes of not just singing but also dancing and clapping, but I did it, I made it through ,and I had a blast. Now my voice is gone, My throat is tired, and I am ready for sleep. and I don't wanna hear nobody sing, till tomorrow.
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