NCC Rehearsal - North Country Chordsmen

6:30pm, Wed, Feb 25 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: Which family member are/were you closest to?
    6:45pmPhysical warm-ups 2 Panting with fists under the sides of your ribs
    6:47pmPhysical warm-ups 2 Ee-ahs. 54321 then 515151
    6:49pmVocal warm-ups 1 Mammy 12345
    6:50pmPhysical warm-upsDown Our Way (B♭)5 speak words to "Down Our Way" with exaggerated diphthongs and lifted phrase endings. Then sing like that
    6:55pmVocal warm-upsLet Me Call You Sweetheart (B♭)1 Let Me Call in D 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". Stomp for "cookie'
    6:58pmRehearse songReturn to Sender (C)10 Sections review the words for 5 mins. Figure out mnemonics
    7:08pmRehearse songTen Feet off the Ground (E♭)15 work backwards with thin resonant voice
    7:23pmIntroduce songShow Me Where the Good Times Are (D♭)35 sing through song and find trouble spots. Get good reps
    7:58pmAnnouncements 9 Business.
    8:07pmRehearse song 5 tag time! Discordant Mordent
    8:12pmPerform songSold (A)5 whole song!
    8:17pmPerform songBare Necessities (D)5 Think about sing/speak:
    8:22pmPerform songSing (B♭)5 pingy
    8:27pmClosing songKeep the Whole World Singing (E♭)1 Nick directs
    Program Duration: 118 minutes; Finish time: 8:28pm