NCC Rehearsal - North Country Chordsmen

6:30pm, Tue, Apr 29 2025

  • Event Details
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  • Type of event: Rehearsal
    Start time: 6:30pm
    End time: 8:30pm
    Venue: 40 College St.
    Hanover, NH 03755
    Description: Our door is open to any who wish to sing with our male voices chorus, the North Country Chordsmen.
  • Program
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  • Start timeActivityMusicMinutesRun byDetails/Notes
    6:30pmSocialising 15 Sharing: What is a favorite memory you have of your mother?
    6:45pmPhysical warm-ups 1 Breathe in for 3 pulses, then out in 1 pulse and repeat and add one more pulse in
    6:46pmVocal warm-ups 5 Ah-eh-eh-ah-eh-eh-Ahahah 1-123-34531. Bounce those abs! Move only the tongue!
    6:51pmVocal warm-ups 1 Buzzy bunnies. "We need green beans". "We need red heads" but 54321
    6:52pmVocal warm-ups 2 Peel off with the words: return, sender, known
    6:54pmWarm-ups 1 Write a melody! Each person adds a note. Sing the whole song and add your note
    6:55pmRehearse songAs Long As I Got You (G)15 Sing "I'll pick a basket of daisies" verse as bright as possible on one note. Then fifths, then triads, then the real notes
    7:10pmRehearse songWellerman (E)15 Determine the visual plan for this song. Drum center. Whoever has words in verses steps out. Step back for Dan's verse. Chorus: stomp on every other beat. Last pose is hands on hips
    7:25pmRehearse songReturn to Sender (C)15 Sing one section with music, then off
    7:40pmAnnouncements 9 Business. Joke from BruceP
    7:49pmRehearse song 5 Pickup quartets on "Little Lize"
    7:54pmPerform songLet There Be Peace on Earth (E♭)5  
    7:59pmPerform songWhat'll I Do? (D)5 Think about sing/speak:
    8:04pmPerform songStill the One (D)5 Think about sing/speak:
    8:09pmClosing songKeep the Whole World Singing (E♭)1 TomK leads
    Program Duration: 100 minutes; Finish time: 8:10pm