Chad modeled coaching with “You Raise Me Up”
Thanks for your hard work and attention as Chad spent 45 minutes on this song, modeling the kind of coaching OCC received in Iowa City this past week. Come clear points that he emphasized: Planned breaths – mark them in your music, take them, own them. Know where to breathe and where not to breathe. There will be other places in the music you need to take breaths, staggering with others in your section.
Dynamics – we have developed plans for using the volume of our singing to add interest. Again, mark these places and observe them. Closely related point: know when your section has the melody and when it doesn’t. You should be able to hear when you hand off the melody to a different section.
Voice placement: Keep the sound focused above the eyes. Basses, this is especially true for when you have the melody.
We rehearsed “Follow the Flag” right after “You Raise Me Up.” Did you see the similarities between the two songs? The points above apply to both songs.
Off the Music dates:
- “Sweet Caroline” July 7
- “Hallelujah” July 21
Guest Night is next Tuesday:
Make your email invitations tomorrow. Copy and paste the following copy (or write your own) into the body of an email addressed to each guest and close it with a signature, your contact info and an invitation to pick them up.
Dear Joan,
I would like to invite you to be my guest at the Harmony Hawks Barbershop Chorus Guest Night, Tuesday, July 14th.
The Harmony Hawks take pride in offering our members a way to keep singing for a lifetime! During Guest Night you will hear how we create the unique sounds of barbershop harmony. You will have the chance to sing a short musical selection with a quartet and the chorus Most importantly you will experience the satisfaction of blending your talent with that of fellow musicians. The result is a sound that is truly ageless.
Music is an important part of our lives. You never have to give it up! To find out more join us for fun and refreshments on Tuesday evening, July 14th from 6:30 until 8:30. The event will be held in the music center at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1310 Third Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids. You are asked to park in the Second Avenue parking lot and enter through the doors facing the parking lot. If you are running late and find the doors locked, call Jack Ray at 319-360-0503.
I will be watching for you to arrive!
Mary Huneke
Guest Night Agenda: (Wear your name tags!)
- Warm up and tag singing
- Polecat “Sweet and Lovely”
- Quartet Demo” Forget Me Notes quartet
- Slide show of Harmony Hawks activities
- Championship Caliber performance
- Refreshments
- Chorus performance: “Sweet Caroline” “You Raise Me Up”
- Learning a new song
- Tag singing
