We'll sing in our costumes tonight!
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Tuesday 23 October 2012
October 23
OOOOHHH We had fun!!!
Our warm up was the seasonally appropriate Bad blood; good blood.
We sang the We Will Praise You Queen stomp.
We did really well on True Colors and looked at changes in volume and smiling!
We sang along to the Beatles Let it Be. Pretty.
We had a snack (Bear paws and Berry punch mmmmmm) and then went up to the sanctuary!!!
It was so special! We rehearsed the stomp with Waiting Here for You, and it was powerful!
Ethan played his saxophone solo upstairs and it was really good! We snapped along :) It was the Adams Family theme song!
Back in our room, we sang and danced with Viva La Vida and One Thing in the dark!
Next week, we will sing in our costumes for Halloween!
Our warm up was the seasonally appropriate Bad blood; good blood.
We sang the We Will Praise You Queen stomp.
We did really well on True Colors and looked at changes in volume and smiling!
We sang along to the Beatles Let it Be. Pretty.
We had a snack (Bear paws and Berry punch mmmmmm) and then went up to the sanctuary!!!
It was so special! We rehearsed the stomp with Waiting Here for You, and it was powerful!
Ethan played his saxophone solo upstairs and it was really good! We snapped along :) It was the Adams Family theme song!
Back in our room, we sang and danced with Viva La Vida and One Thing in the dark!
Next week, we will sing in our costumes for Halloween!
Sunday 21 October 2012
TTC Newmarket October 16
I forgot to post what we did!
We did the coolest warm up, with the Queen Champions stomp.
We did a great job with True Colors.
We sometimes forget our parts in Waiting Here For You, but it's getting really beautiful. You started singing nice and strong.
Ethan brought maple cookies!!! Yum.
We sang Somebody That I Used to Know with just our own accompaniment on various instruments and it was kind of noisy, but cool.
We sang Born This Way with Heather giving the accompaniment. Great song!
We sang We Are Young, and Becky sat in and taught us some of the words in sign language!!! How cool is that?!
Samantha had a turn to do a solo and sang a whole song by herself.
Next week Ethan said he'd bring his saxophone.
We did the coolest warm up, with the Queen Champions stomp.
We did a great job with True Colors.
We sometimes forget our parts in Waiting Here For You, but it's getting really beautiful. You started singing nice and strong.
Ethan brought maple cookies!!! Yum.
We sang Somebody That I Used to Know with just our own accompaniment on various instruments and it was kind of noisy, but cool.
We sang Born This Way with Heather giving the accompaniment. Great song!
We sang We Are Young, and Becky sat in and taught us some of the words in sign language!!! How cool is that?!
Samantha had a turn to do a solo and sang a whole song by herself.
Next week Ethan said he'd bring his saxophone.
2CELLOS - Smooth Criminal [Live Showcase, Tokyo]
This is the cello video that Emma and I were talking about last week. I love these guys. They look like they're having so much fun! Enjoy your instruments and play outside the box.
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (5 Piano Guys, 1 piano) - ThePi...
Another one of our songs!
These guys are great too! I love seeing the inside of the piano. It's weird and wonderful.
Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth (Gotye - Cover)
This is the really cool one that Ethan has on his CD, I think. Aren't they awesome?!!!
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Tuesday, October 9th
On Tuesday, October 9th, we did the following:
- warm-ups included bubble-bubble gum
- True Colors is getting really good. We've just got to do it again and again now, and memorize all the words. We've got the last part memorized.
- We sang Somebody That I Used to Know, as requested by Ethan. It was great! Ethan also brought a different version of it and we sang that too.
- We had mini Coffee Crisp bars that the church gave us and juice boxes as a snack. Yum!
- Waiting Here For You is almost done too! We've memorized the whole thing now, and have figured out how we're going to end it! Yay!
- For our fun songs, we sang Ready or Not, as requested by Emma, and Viva La Vida which we tried to do last week.
- Heather lead us in Someone Like You again. We love that song.
- Heather sang us the song that she wrote (beautiful) and inspired us to sing for each other too. So, next week we'll start giving a couple people the opportunity to sing a solo or duet, or play one on their instruments for us. Great idea Samantha!
We talked about when to perform at church and what to wear. I've sent an email to everyone with details.
Sunday 7 October 2012
Career counselling- huh?
On Facebook, one of my friends posted an interesting video of a guy lecturing about choosing a career. He said you should think about what you would like to do if money weren't an issue. If you didn't have to think about earning a living doing what you do, what would you want to do?
That's interesting. He was saying that if you have a passion for it, then the money will come somehow. You want to spend your days riding horses? Then do it well and become a teacher, or open your own riding school. You want to paint? Do it.
Something to start thinking about. What do you want to do? Not what do you want to be, or what job do you want, but what do you see yourself doing? How do you see yourself spending your days?
That's interesting. He was saying that if you have a passion for it, then the money will come somehow. You want to spend your days riding horses? Then do it well and become a teacher, or open your own riding school. You want to paint? Do it.
Something to start thinking about. What do you want to do? Not what do you want to be, or what job do you want, but what do you see yourself doing? How do you see yourself spending your days?
Wednesday 3 October 2012
October 2nd
If you missed October 2nd, here's what you missed:
1. Warm-ups included hitting an ah with a hard beginning, 'ah, with some extra softness hah and just plain old ah. Something to think about when you're singing a vowel sound: which way do you want to start the sound?
2. We worked on the main melody in True Colors to get stronger on our parts. It's not easy to stick to your part, and easy to get pulled to the melody that the sopranos are singing. We did really well on the clapping part!
3. We planned to sing along to Viva la Vida, but the CD died. So, we sang along to One Thing by One Direction. Fun!
4. We had a snack (Koolaid and chocolate chip cookies) and listened to Heather and Renate sing Indescribable and started to sing along. It's pretty.
5. We worked on memorizing Waiting Here For You and worked on the allelujahs. They're sounding awesome.
6. We did a sing and play-along to Count on Me, with 2 guitars, ukulele, recorder, a triangle and shakers. It was really noisy and so much fun!
7. For one last sing-along we did Firework by Katy Perry.
Samantha gave me a bunch of songs to look at- some words and some words and music, and Ethan gave me a list of songs to consider doing! Thank you! Emma is going to email me ideas too.
1. Warm-ups included hitting an ah with a hard beginning, 'ah, with some extra softness hah and just plain old ah. Something to think about when you're singing a vowel sound: which way do you want to start the sound?
2. We worked on the main melody in True Colors to get stronger on our parts. It's not easy to stick to your part, and easy to get pulled to the melody that the sopranos are singing. We did really well on the clapping part!
3. We planned to sing along to Viva la Vida, but the CD died. So, we sang along to One Thing by One Direction. Fun!
4. We had a snack (Koolaid and chocolate chip cookies) and listened to Heather and Renate sing Indescribable and started to sing along. It's pretty.
5. We worked on memorizing Waiting Here For You and worked on the allelujahs. They're sounding awesome.
6. We did a sing and play-along to Count on Me, with 2 guitars, ukulele, recorder, a triangle and shakers. It was really noisy and so much fun!
7. For one last sing-along we did Firework by Katy Perry.
Samantha gave me a bunch of songs to look at- some words and some words and music, and Ethan gave me a list of songs to consider doing! Thank you! Emma is going to email me ideas too.
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