Yesterday was our Lessons and Carols service at church. The choir sang a lot. My singing experience yesterday reminded me of a continuing difficulty that I’ve had in church choir: my voice is at it’s best during the first twenty minutes of singing. Why this is difficult is that everyone in the world talks about “warming up” and “getting going”. By the time we’ve finished warming up, my voice is cracking and gravelly.
I know it must be because I’m singing incorrectly or something, but I’m not really sure what to do about it. Do I lip-synch through warm-ups and only sing during church? Do I come to choir practice late every time so I miss warm-ups completely? It seems odd…
On Christmas night all Christians sing?
Perhaps it’s time to see a doctor. It’s probably voice cancer, y’know.
“something completely different”
I miss rousing singing in church. My voice was sore from a typical Lutheran service in Concordia.
If you should need any lessons in ‘How to Lip Sync Believably’, I’m your girl.
When I saw the title of this post, my first thought was of this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKRtdgQhVbw#t=2m0s
Sorry.
That’s my absolute favorite scene from Dumb and Dumber. 🙂 Thanks for the smile today, Curt!
You’re singing with the altos. Everybody wants to be an alto.