To LC: rehash of what i said just now.

because i'm not gifted in the area of public speaking, nor in remembering what i said, i'll just repeat everything i should have said just now. hopefully not too boring again. (and sorry if i sound distracted. i am. stupid school system fucked up again.)

anyway, because i've never ever led any group larger than 4 before, screw ups and weird stuff are bound to occur. so, just try and cooperate with me and we'll try and work things out. things to do this year: vocal training (the technicalities of singing) - hopefully this works out ok. preview: we'll be doing stuff like breathing technique, diaphgram, tones, RANGE, singing together. also, i will try and teach u all how to read music. oh ya, practices will be on saturday evenings at 7.30pm. on saturdays when i can't come down cos of sch, most probably will move practice to sunday mornings after mass. (2 dates already, 21/01 and 04/03, i won't be around) during practices, i'll give 1hr to technical stuff, the rest of the time to mass stuff. how long the practices last depends on how long it takes to finish learning. theoratically, 2 hrs.

somewhere along the line i'll be appointing section leaders (when we're ok enough to do elaborate parts). i'm planning to buy a pitch pipe so that u can go ahead and do sectionals without having to rely too much on that dirty, kinda out of tune piano downstairs.

ok. other stuff. discipline totally totally sucks these days. punctuality. PLEASE try to be punctual. i'll try my best to start on time, but for saturday evenings, i'll give 10-15 mins grace (cos i know some ppl have to travel). if you have to be late, ie after 7.45pm, let me know BEFORE the time. if not than i consider you late without reason. punishment: suggestions about monetary fines, maybe i'll make you sing something solo, or physical exercises or combination of everything. i haven't made up my mind yet. haha.

talking during practices is the biggest time waster of all time. i know practices can be boring. but please try not to talk. if you have to talk, do it quietly. if i can hear your conversation, you're being way too loud. be discreet. this goes for laughing, joking, eating and whatever else you're doing during practices. and while talking, please still look out if it's your turn to sing. if i waste too much time in trying to get you quiet and ready, i'll extend the practices indefinitely, even if we've covered what we have to cover for the day. i'll assume that cos you waste so much time, you love spending time at choir so i'll fulfil your wish.

i'll be posting stuff (scores, resources, announcements) online cos i'm too cheap to spend money on photocopy and sms. so i'll expect you to check online regularly. for now, i'm using the yahoo groups. currently i'm struggling with another message board somewhere HERE. go ahead and check it out, see if it works. i've never used this brand of board before so i'm not too sure whether the features are good enough. so, ya, just register there and check it out. i'll keep you updated on this one.

thanks a bunch for listening to me ramble on and on! see y'all!