Last Rehearsal - Finally, Accidentally

So, a couple of interesting observations:

• Some of the kids really, really likes the choir
• And some of them are a bit indifferent

Last Friday was a Pro-D day. For those who don't know, that's a professional development day for the teachers. Basically a day off for kids in high school.

Since we missed Good Friday's rehearsal, I really didn't want to miss it again. But seeing how it's a day off for them, I didn't want to force them to come.

I sent an e-mail out, asking whether people would show up if I held rehearsal. Some were enthusiastically "YES", and some were "I think I can manage", and some were "I may have something coming up".

Anyway, I got enough people to pull this together, and ended up only missing 2 people, with legitimate excuses. That's not bad at all, for a bright and sunny day, and a day off.

Ran California Dreamin', and the bridge still needed work. Worked on the intro, and after about a 1/2 hour of work, we were sounding alright.

Ran Sweet Surrender. Missing the solo, we still sounded decent. Still some improvements left, of course.

Then, we started my coup de grace: Accidentally In Love. Hearing the midi again, I'm still amazed at the arrangement (tootin' my own horn again). We started it, and took about 45 minutes to learn up to the end of the first chorus, which is actually expected. With the Acoustix, we split up to learn guys and girls parts, and took about 25 minutes to get that far.

Yeah, we're on our way!