NCC Rehearsal - North Country Chordsmen

6:30pm, Wed, Feb 11 2026

  • 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 something you think about very differently today than you did 10 years ago?
    6:45pmPhysical warm-ups 2 Breathe while massaging sides of face and wiggling jaw
    6:47pmPhysical warm-ups 2 1234543212345432123454321 Ay up and down then Oh up and down. Stacatto first then legato
    6:49pmVocal warm-ups 1 laddie laddie 12345
    6:50pmPhysical warm-upsMy Wild Irish Rose (B♭)5 speak words to "Wild Irish Rose" with exaggerated diphthongs and lifted phrase endings. Then sing like that
    6:55pmVocal warm-ups 1 Heart of my Heart in C# with tongue out and finger under nose. Sing to the fing(er)
    6:56pmVocal warm-ups 2 Chocolate cookie warmup round. Clap wherever there is "chocolate"
    6:58pmRehearse songThat's an Irish Lullaby (E♭)10 exaggerated diphthongs and lifted phrase endings.
    7:08pmRehearse songTen Feet off the Ground (E♭)15 Section circles, then mixed circles
    7:23pmIntroduce songShow Me Where the Good Times Are (D♭)35 learn reprise to end (m66 on)
    7:58pmAnnouncements 9 Business.
    8:07pmRehearse song 5 tag time! Reach the Unreachable Star
    8:12pmPerform songShow Me Where the Good Times Are (D♭)5 whole song!
    8:17pmPerform songAlways Look on the Bright Side of Life (C)5 Think about sing/speak:
    8:22pmPerform songThe Star Spangled Banner (A)5 pingy
    8:27pmClosing songKeep the Whole World Singing (E♭)1 BillC directs
    Program Duration: 118 minutes; Finish time: 8:28pm