The first women's choir rehearsal of the semester went well. It was a little boring and that was my fault. I planned out the rehearsal. I planned out how to introduce the songs and what to do to learn them. However, I failed to really plan toward the concepts they needed to understand, which means the rehearsal was full of things we did, but did not feel like it was going toward a goal. We did a lot and it was still a decent rehearsal, but I have some better planning to do for next week. Last night there were 21 girls (some girls graduated, a handful did not sign-up again, and we added 7 new voices). A few of the ladies who did not sign up I shot e-mails to this morning. I'm not beyond asking them to come back- and what can I do to convince them (chocolate? lunch? an interpretive dance solo?). Partly because our alto section the most experienced and partly because I honestly believe in the reward of choir. Plus, the girls that left seemed to enjoy it last semester- one of them had already spoke with me and just commented on her intense schedule for this semester. And most of the ladies are not music majors, so they are in the process of trying to get into other programs or are in the midst of their own programs already.
So, I am very excited about this semester. Once the confidence level comes back, it will be a solid choir.
I need to go make my dinner and eat my lunch before I take off for school. Almost ready for the day!
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