More detailed information............ *sigh* Did ya ever feel like YOU were the one MURPHY wrote his law about??? Apparantly when I did all the 2008 stuff......
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Diane
celaena_kasa...
Jul 1, 2008 6:15 pm
... Yes--you've more than earned it. ;~) Celaena...
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Diane
celaena_kasa...
Jul 1, 2008 8:17 pm
Just registered for the third time and checked email addresses--third time's the charm! Earlier registrations went to last year's director, Arianna...
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starblazingqueen
starblazingq...
Jul 2, 2008 3:15 am
... Yikes, so should I re-register for a third time? I don't have a problem doing so, I just want to make sure that my registration is in, I am really looking...
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erlannordenskald
erlannordens...
Jul 2, 2008 12:09 pm
-Hi... If you sent me a copy of what the automated response from the website sent you... I answered back with Got it Thanks! erlan If I got the registration...
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Kathleen Smith
ksstrek
Jul 2, 2008 3:25 pm
According to one of my choral professors and my son who is working on his doctorate in vocal performance, many self professed altos are lazy sopranos. ...
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June Whalen
ladymeitheamh
Jul 2, 2008 4:40 pm
Erlan    Please  Take a deep breath. NOW Let it out slowly. NOW Repeat this several times (Sighing is helpful too) NOW Remember - all the msitakes...
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barmyphipps2000
Jul 2, 2008 5:48 pm
We sang this last year at the Sacred Music Colloquium. Victoria is one of my favorites. Those of us trying to bring Gregorian and polyphonic chant back into...
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Terri Garvey
tessadamnesiac
Jul 6, 2008 1:40 am
You may tell those good gentles that:  Once upon a time, at least one Alto you know was placed in that section early in her career by a director who...
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Elizabeth Dowling
elizabethemer
Jul 6, 2008 2:51 pm
Are you saying that there aren't enough sopranos? Elizabeth...
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Kathleen Smith
ksstrek
Jul 6, 2008 3:43 pm
Yes, that is a previous message that there were far more alto voices registering. to I had replied that a previoius choir master of mine and my son who is...
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Ysolt la Bretonne
ysolt1
Jul 6, 2008 4:35 pm
I have heard that altos are sopranos who can read music 8^) Ysolt, a sop who reads music -- Maîtresse Ysolt la Bretonne, OP Barony of Windmasters' Hill...
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Elizabeth Dowling
elizabethemer
Jul 6, 2008 8:20 pm
Well, a few points: 1. This year, because of the e-mail mix-ups, there may be a number of people who expect to participate and haven't signed up yet; I think...
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ksstrek
Jul 6, 2008 9:01 pm
I am sure it will all get sorted out when we arrive at Pennsic and we will have a lovely time. Until then I shall continue to find the banter amusing....
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Dawn Assumma
sweetpixigrl
Jul 6, 2008 10:18 pm
What is going on in terms of choir stuff? Excuse my ignorance as it's my first year signing up and the like, but what happens in terms of assigning vocal...
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JLLYBN
Jul 7, 2008 2:38 pm
I sang soprano all my life until a few years ago the last tenor in our choir died. I switched to tenor as did another soprano friend. It was very difficult for...
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erlannordenskald
erlannordens...
Jul 7, 2008 2:41 pm
Good questions - ... it's my ... assigning ... The director chooses a program. She/he hopes that she has the voices to fill it. Upon registration, the...
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Lynda Gillow
donafrancisc...
Jul 7, 2008 3:23 pm
I agree, the bantering can be quite fun. I would *love* to be able to sing soprano for a change. It's been so long since I was with a group that had enough...
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Karen Kasper
arianna_wyn
Jul 7, 2008 3:40 pm
You want banter? I got banter for you. Â This video has been making the rounds among my music geek friends. If you're a music theory kind of person, it's...
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Monique Rio
nique_2003
Jul 7, 2008 3:46 pm
Funny, I just found that video in the minstrel archives this morning. Very amusing. -Jadia P.S. The alto vs. soprano thing was basically me in high-school. The...
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Elizabeth Dowling
elizabethemer
Jul 7, 2008 5:26 pm
Nobody ever let me sing soprano until I just told a college choir that I am soprano (except for my voice teacher, who insisted that I was a soprano). I guess...
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harpladyursula
Jul 7, 2008 5:39 pm
Hello Everyone, I have been singing in the Estrella Choir for a couple of years and thought I would give Pennsic's Choir a try. I have some questions: Is ...
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Dean MacPherson
dangerd3an
Jul 7, 2008 6:03 pm
Greetings, I'm curious about rehearsal times...the choir page on the Pennsic website states two hour rehearsals, and the class schedule states three hour...
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Elizabeth Dowling
elizabethemer
Jul 7, 2008 6:48 pm
Yes, please tell us the actual schedule. Sometimes there are also conflicts with the Performing Arts Pavilion, so please let us know when and where the...
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Diane
celaena_kasa...
Jul 8, 2008 12:46 am
Though not planned at all, last year many of us wore blue (in its various hues) and I think the director joked about it, saying "I see some of you got the blue...
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Diane
celaena_kasa...
Jul 8, 2008 12:52 am
A friend and I sang together (in school and on our own) all four years of high school, she, a soprano, and me, an alto. But in our last year of glee club, the...
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Summer
summerbythel...
Jul 8, 2008 1:42 am
I sang alto in middle school, then started singing soprano in high school. Sang 1st Soprano in 10th grade, and acquired a private voice teacher at the end of...
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indigo1923
Jul 8, 2008 1:44 am
I have sung all female parts and occasionally the tenor part. When there are 3 or 4 female parts (Sop I, Sop II, Alto or Sop I, Sop II, Alto I, Alto II) I...
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Summer
summerbythel...
Jul 8, 2008 1:49 am
And then there are people like me, who have lost some of our highest notes simply due to getting older and/or not having used them all that much in recent...
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erlannordenskald
erlannordens...
Jul 8, 2008 5:43 am
Please look in the FILES section for a new folder called Pennsic 2008 which contains the sheet music for 6 out of 8 songs. I dont' have digital files for the...
