The 2012 World Choir Games is in Cincinnati at the moment. We are the first North American city (or anywhere in the Western Hemisphere for that matter) to host the games.

I signed up months ago, maybe even a year ago, to be a volunteer. I was placed as a Japanese language guide. Unfortunately only 1 choir from Japan came. Fortunately they were ( Read more... )

I went to two bonenkais (end of the year parties) this week. Thursday night was the Board of Education enkai which I was dreading. And last night was the choir enkai which I was only slightly dreading. I'm not really a party person and I'm really not one when I don't speak the language but both parties went better than I had expected ( Read more... )

Am very busy. But it's a good kind of busy...most of the time ( Read more... )

My gaijin card is at the airport and after several calls (made by my supervisor, boss, and one of English teachers) I have some forms to fill out and send and then they will mail it to me. So glad that's resolved ( Read more... )

Mostly by being a smart ass. I think one of the worst things a choir can do is dance but that's because the kind of choral music I like isn't exactly dancing material. Would you dance to Mozart's Requiem? Or to Shubert's Mass in A Flat? What about to some Morten Lauridson or John Rutter? I think not ( Read more... )

I'm skipping choir. Every week I mean to post a rant about choir but then I get home and I'm too tired to do anything but go to bed. But this week I decided I was too tired to go so here I am ( Read more... )

So remember this?

Well, the best friend and I tried out for the duet...and got it.

In two and a half weeks I'll be bopping along to Happy Trails to You in the medley from hell*.

Tonight in choir, Doug (our director) asked who was Roy and who was Dale. Sadly, I think I'm singing Roy's part, but we declined to answer. We also presented him a book ( ( Read more... )

Back at choir practice last night - no break despite this weekend - this time singing a HORRIBLE broadway and hollywood medley. It's even harder to stomach coming right off the Schubert and Lauridson ( Read more... )

Am back from a weekend of singing. The Cincinnati Choral Society, along with some soloists whose names I don't remember and a various assortment of orchestra players from CCM, presented Morten Lauridson's "Lux Aeterna" and Schubert's "Mass in A Flat" this afternoon ( Read more... )

Choir started up tonight ( Read more... )