Improvised movements to Dramm Fyrir Dagmal or Whisky before Breakfast, by the Icelandic group South River Band, got us off to a good start with the ideas flowing freely one after another round the group and after warming up the voices to Kumula Vista, we experimented with harmonising some major chords.
We were then ready to take up the three parts of Senua, the African welcome song, giving a rich harmony. The singers then had a break during which Carol, Malcolm and Jim tuned up their harmonicas.
Finally putting the whole thing together, the harmonicas sounded good playing the tune supported by the group humming in 3 part harmony, after which we sang the song through, _ a heartfelt WELCOME.
Air Falalalo also benefited from the three harmonica accompaniment in the chorus and we'll work on this again next week.
Joan and Diana's flutes sounded good in the verses of Carl Orff's BOOMFALLERA, but we need to brush up our various instrument parts in this.
As always, we ran out of time, leaving plenty to pick up on next time.
