Sounds Of The Season

The sounds of the season's concert has a different feel when you are someone who actually gets to perform in it. The adrenaline rush is like a cold punch of air on a cold winter day. We work very hard after the fall concert to make sure we learn notes and phrasing and basically we prepare for the unknown. A singer never knows what will happen we just hope that we can convey the message of the songs e choose to sing for the audience. We walked in and sang around the audience, a feat for any choir, and an extra knot in my throat formed. Part of the reason I sing in a choir is because I can blend in and even if people can hear me, they don't always register that it's me singing.

Well the other amazing part of the concert is the simple fact that I'm only in one choir. There are four other ensembles that present pieces for the audience, and audience that when they present includes me. I love hearing the sounds that the A Capella groups present. I love to hear the sounds that the voice can make. It's a sounds that transcends the bounds of the physical for me. I also think that it's amazing to see how into the songs the other groups are. As a singer it's important to show that you are into a song, because if you aren't, the audience won't be. So when the time came to sing Sleigh Ride I threw all caution to the wind and loosed all inhibitions and danced like a fool to show the audience just how fun a sleigh ride with friends and loved ones could be.

I think the best part of any performance is the end because that's when the audience wants to congratulate you and tell you how well you did. The end of the performance is when you know what you did was successful; that all the hard work was worth it, and something you do for fun brought joy to another human being during the holiday season.