NCC Rehearsal - North Country Chordsmen

6:30pm, Tue, May 6 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: May the 4th be with you! What is your favorite Star Wars movie? Or space film?
    6:45pmPhysical warm-ups 1 Breathe in through nose as we pull back the bow and arrow.
    6:46pmVocal warm-ups 5 Ng-eee 1-5-1, 5-1-5
    6:51pmVocal warm-ups 1 Dial the brightness knob as we sing the melody to Somewhere Over the Rainbow
    6:52pmVocal warm-ups 2 Peel off with the words: zone, number, hand
    6:54pmWarm-ups 1 Write a melody! Each person adds a note. Sing the whole song and add your note. Record our melody for Dan to write a tag and BruceP to write lyrics to..
    6:55pmRehearse songSing (B♭)15 Practice the melody with buzziness, then polish parts that have come loose over time. Listen to how it sounds just as NCC
    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. No stomping on last chorus. Las
    7:25pmRehearse songReturn to Sender (C)15 Bisectionals for 10 mins, then return for 3 runthroughs with no music
    7:40pmAnnouncements 9 Business. Joke from MikeW
    7:49pmRehearse songHoney Little 'Lize Medley (B♭)5 Pickup quartets on "Little Lize"
    7:54pmPerform songMore Music (A♭ Dorian)5  
    7:59pmPerform songIt Had to Be You (G)5 Think about sing/speak:
    8:04pmPerform songRocky Top (G)5 Think about sing/speak:
    8:09pmClosing songKeep the Whole World Singing (E♭)1 PeterB leads
    Program Duration: 100 minutes; Finish time: 8:10pm