NCC Rehearsal - North Country Chordsmen

6:30pm, Tue, Feb 4 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: Who was the last person you wrote a letter to? What do you think about letter-writing?
    6:45pmPhysical warm-ups 1 Use breath to expand lower ribs. See what letter of the alphabet you get to on one breath!
    6:46pmVocal warm-ups 5 Use a ZZZ to sing "America the Beautiful" melody. Change voiced consonant.
    6:51pmVocal warm-ups 2 Half of chorus on 1, half on 5 on NEE. Slowly slide to other note. Repeat with 1583 and two parts trade.
    6:53pmVocal warm-ups 1 Sing Dan's fingers on vowels from vee to voh
    6:54pmWarm-ups 1 1234554321 154535251545321 154535251545678
    6:55pmRehearse songWhat'll I Do? (D)15 Scenarios: Sing with the lover as the audience, convince them to disobey their parents; Parents as the audience, plead with them to change their minds; your best friend, you want them to buy
    7:10pmRehearse songLet There Be Peace on Earth (E♭)15 Stand in quartets. Leads face the trio and lead the emotional changes.
    7:25pmRehearse songBare Necessities (D)15 Run through the song three times. Tell section leaders which area needs attention and work that section.
    7:40pmAnnouncements 9 Business. Joke from Bob Jordan
    7:49pmRehearse song 5 Tag time: Some Fine Day
    7:54pmPerform songAs Long As I Got You (G)5  
    7:59pmPerform songFare Thee Well Love (F)5 Think about sing/speak:
    8:04pmPerform songMore Music (A♭ Dorian)5 Think about sing/speak:
    8:09pmClosing songKeep the Whole World Singing (E♭)1 Mike leads
    Program Duration: 100 minutes; Finish time: 8:10pm