[HANASHIR:14181] Re: Star Spangled Banner a capella for an audience of 5,000.]

[Ros Schwartz <ros_schwartz...>]

Plant someone in the audience very close to the choir, who is willing to 
be very visibly enthusiastic.  (big grin, waving their arms in delight,
that kind of thing.)  Then have the choir imagine that they are singing 
only to that person - tell them to keep their eyes on that person
(except when they are looking at the choir director, of course.)  Have 
them imagine that all the rest of the audience is also looking at that
one person, and will take their cues as to how to respond to the choir, 
from this enthusiastic cheer-leader.  Bring that person in to a
rehearsal or two, so that the kids can practice absorbing the positive 
energy.

Actually it's a good idea to have a couple of  people in the "cheering 
section", in case one of them can't attend at the last minute.

(I've done this a couple of times, telling someone:  grin at me the 
whole time, I'll watch you & it will help me to remember to smile when I
start getting seriously scared. (pun intended.)  It really helped.)

Good luck!

- Ros

Rabbi Richard Schachet wrote:

 >Picture everyone in their underwear
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 >From: "Judi & Mordecai Krumbein" <jmkrumbein (at) yahoo(dot)com>
 >To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
 >Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 9:34 PM
 >Subject: [HANASHIR:14177] Star Spangled Banner a capella
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 >>Hello List!
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 >>My Day School Choir was asked to sing the national anthem this Sunday at
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 >>local minor league baseball game.  We've saun this song many times 
before,
 >>but always with my piano accompaniment.  We were instructed by the 
stadium
 >>people to sing a capella at the game.  Oue choir is made up of kids from
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 >>through 4th grade (10 kids total).
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 >>Does anyone have any advice about a capella singing? Any advice about
 >>singing in front of 5,000 people?
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 >>ANY help would be greatly appreaciated.
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 >>Thanks!
 >>Judi Krumbein
 >>Cherry Hill, NJ
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