Wednesday 19 October 2011

ON A GREY MORNING WE SHOW FAITH IN THE BLUE SKIES.

When I discovered the round I WILL RISE by Alison Burns, it reminded me of a saying often used by a construction foreman Jakob had working for him who, at the end of a day when unforeseen rain made the concrete pour impossible, somebody severed a water main, _ in fact everything that could go wrong went wrong on the same day _ would say:
"Well there's a whole new day tomorrow, untouched!"
The song while not easy to pick up, has a real feeling of optimism, that we can start afresh tomorrow, which makes it enjoyable to sing. We will work on it in the coming weeks and look forward to doing it as a round.

I will rise into blue sky, I will rise_______
I will rise into blue sky, I will rise_______
You'll find me in silver, you'll find me in gold,
I will rise into blue sky, I will rise_______


(When we arrived this morning, the rain was lashing down from grey clouds, but as we were leaving, the sun shone out of______blue sky!)

In good voice after that, we concentrated on ALWAYS THE SINGING to learn the 4 part harmonies for the last section of the chorus and this should be very effective. We may in time even manage the harmonies for the whole of the chorus!

The harmony parts in ROW ON, with our smaller numbers today, while secure, were not well balanced, but this will be a good sound when we are back to our full attendance.

Note for those sent an audio file from your webmaster -- it will only open with iTunes or quicktime not windows media -- Download the file then right click the highlighted file with your mouse and take the option OPEN WITH and choose either iTunes or quick time player to hear the song "I Will Rise"