Choir

     I recently attended the Youth Pop-Up Choir event at Holy Trinity. It was surprisingly fun! I say surprising because I was definitely at the upper end of the age range but it turns out that music and smiles transcend all those self-imposed limitations. Though our group was small, we were willing, and under the expert care and leadership of our Music Director Maria Golas we learned to sing two songs. The first was unknown to me  and was a Congolese folk song called "Banaha" which we learned to sing in rounds. It sounds easy but it isn't because you must keep to your own words and music without being affected by people across the room singing different words and notes. The second was "Let It Be" by Paul McCartney, which some of us learned to sing in harmony which is also not as easy as it sounds. Both were fun and challenging for different reasons but we were pretty impressed with the results and had a good time. Maria managed to fit in a few games like "Pass the beat around the room" and the word association game where you and your team have to sing a line from a song with a particular word in it. They were both very enjoyable and provoked a lot of laughter and competition from all of us. Vanessa managed to keep us all fed with snacks, drinks and pizza and Ullo provided the much needed musical accompaniment which made for a memorable and fun couple of hours. 
     I did not know what to expect but found myself having a great time and eager to do it all again. Thanks Maria, Vanessa and Ullo for a great evening! Let's do it again soon!