Northern Stars Chorus Sang at 'Music In the Village'
On Saturday evening, 22 April, the Northern Stars Chorus sang as part of Music in the Village event at Ashton United Church. We very much enjoyed singing for everyone. It was a thrill and a pleasure seeing many toes tapping, hands beating the rhythm timing, and people mouthing the words to most of our songs.
We thank Ashton United Church for inviting us to be a part of their evening.
The Northern Stars Chorus singing at the Ashton United Church 'Music in the Village' evening of musical entertainment fundraiser
Northern Stars Chorus Sing in Harmony Hall !
In mid-March 2017 members of the Northern Stars Chorus were invited to sing in Harmony Hall. Barbershoppers will recognize that name as a famous part of the Barbershop Harmony Society headquarters. Below is a photo of some of us outside Harmony Hall.
Northern Stars Chorus members singing in Harmony Hall
We were invited to sing for the Manotick, ON Kiwanis meeting. The day was the same as one of our regular meeting nights and we cancelled our regular rehearsal time in favour of entertaining an audience. We received a very warm welcome and shared dinner with them. Following the meal we retired to the Boardroom for a brief warm up of our voices and quick review of the start of a few of our songs.
Returning to the same location where our dinner seating was, we started our set. The expectation was to sing for 20 to 30 minutes. We quickly saw our audience was enjoying our selection of songs as they were nodding their heads and tapping toes and fingers on tables to the beat of our songs. Others were mouthing the words to many songs with great familiarity with them.
For the chorus members able to be present at the sing out, we enjoyed our performance. In the weeks leading up to our sing out, we had been improving our singing a great deal and adding more interpretation of and feeling to songs. This Tuesday was an application of what we had practiced and enjoyed in our rehearsals. And it returned huge satisfaction to each of us. We were relaxed and rang very many chords to our and our audience's delight.
Our program consisted mainly of old time favourites. We were not aware they were celebrating with a St. Patrick's theme and were glad to add to the evening by closing with 'Irish Blessing'. It was truly a rewarding and memorable evening.
Sing out at Manotick, ON at the Kiwanis March 2017 meeting.