Canned music is like audible wallpaper. - Alistair Cooke

Last night I went to my brother’s choir concert and it felt so weird not being up on stage singing with the group. I was in choir all four years and LOVED it! So I told my brother that he had to be in choir also and do all of the extra activities that he could, like Madrigals, Chorale, Fall Play, and the spring musical. It helped that he was in choir in junior high and that he wanted to be in it.

But the choirs sounded awesome last night! The first group that sang was Madrigals, an auditioned, accapella group. Watching Madrigals was the weirdest because I sang in that group for two years and know everyone in it. It was nice to hear two songs that we had sang my first year though.

Treble Choir, the all-girls choir, sounded wonderful. I’m normally distracted by the ugly dresses they wear, but I wasn’t! Seriously though, you don’t understand the dresses. I had to wear them for two years and they are horrifying! Chorale, an extracurricular jazz choir, sounded amazing as well. They sang “Eleanor Rigby”, “Seasons of Love” from Rent, and “One Day More” from Les Miserables. My brother had a solo for “One Day More” and I thought he sounded great.

The newest group at the high school is the Bum Bums, an all-guys, accapella group. They sang “Jesse’s Girl” and “That’ll Be the Day”.A few of guys’ girlfriends recently started a group called the Bumbettes, which is mostly a fan club for the Bum Bums. It’s really just a joke that they started, but a few of us made t-shirts and wore them to the concert last night.

The last group was Chamber Choir, the mixed group, and, as they always do, they sounded fantastic! I was really impresses that they sang three pieces in different languages, because there were a lot of newcomers and singing in another language is difficult.

I had a great time getting to see everyone and I can’t wait until the Madrigal Dinner in December!