Yesterday I led the first session of the University for Seniors study group "Singing for the Singing-Impaired". Well, none of the participants were singing-impaired and certainly none were shy.
Too boot, I still had a bad cough and could only get through the first two or three songs.
I used a computer-driven, MIDI-played, and video displayed words and notes, a cappella "call and response", and YouTube.
If you're still thinking about joining us, we sang "Happy Birthday", "I knew an old lady", "Do Re Mi" from "Sound of Music", "Dough, the stuff I need to buy beer", "Auld Lang Syne", "Yankee Doodle", "Aura Lee" and its reincarnation "Love Me Tender", "This Land is Your Land", "Clementine", "Pop Goes the Weasel", and "We Shall Overcome".
All that signed-up but two showed up. We'll see how many return next week. We still could use more lower voices.
For more about the study group, see "Are you timid about singing?"
