Choir Gifts

Loud Chorister

'They'll get better in time, but right now I call them the 'Okay Chorale'.'

'Page 37 in your hymnals and selection #15 on your iPods.'

'You sound like a bunch of cats! The growl has to be deeper and the barks crisper. Okay, let's take it again from the first howl.'

"Okay, who's singing 'How great thou Arrrrrrrrt?"

The Ethel Mormon Tabernacle Choir

'The problem with Jr. High Choral is that between the auditions and the concert, 20% of the voices can change.'

Hallelujah!

Male Voice Choir: Tenor, Baritone and Bass

'Do you think this is the right place,James?'

Choir Sections

Choirmaster conducting, with one hand over a choirboy's mouth.

Pianissimo - (to sing very softly).

'Every time I manage to learn the second verse of a song, I forget the first one.'

Focoso - to sing with fire and passion.

"...And you will serve two years in a male voice choir as a baritone!"

"Great deal or not, the new choir robes go back."

"Maybe we should just let heaven and nature sing."

'I suppose we could use him as a Bass singer in a choir.'

Conducting the crows.

New Seekers, New Danger, "I'd like to teach the world to sing..."

Tutti: When all voices sing at the same time.

Thank you

Choristers

"I'm going to need even less tuba."

"No, this is the choir, NOT your backup group."

Harmonious neighborhood: 'Baritone, Soprano, Tenor and Bass'

"Excellent. Now just the altos."

Four Chanting Monks

"Very good, everyone. . . except I head that scream again. Ok, let's try it again from the top."

"The 'Sing Only in the Shower' Community Chorus"

Christmas Choir

"I was kind of hoping for 'new voices' who'd also sung before."

"It took years of vocal training, but I now have a vocal range from squeaky right down to tenor..."

Barbershop