1st Rehearsal...

We had a stunning 35 people in attendance and several that were sick, out of town or unable to join us. The women are still in the attendance lead with 12 sopranos, 12 altos, 6 tenors and 5 basses.

As I mentioned at the Choir Sampler, my goals for the choir this year are the following:

1. Increase membership and regular attendance.

2. Improve vocal production (quality of sound w/ diction, vowels, blending, phrasing, dynamics, etc.)

3. Increase members' personal joy/love for singing and HAVE FUN!

I am so encouraged! I feel like #1 has already been accomplished and I sure am having fun. The hymn arrangement we'll be singing in a couple of weeks is coming along nicely and everyone has been so focused during our 45 min. rehearsals. We get so much done.

At the end of practice yesterday I stood at the door with BYU and U of U mints. I had 25 of each and asked each choir member to take their choice of school they were cheering for at this week's game. There were exactly 5 left from each school so we're a pretty divided choir.

I'm a BYU alum so I took two...