Today was our last day of rehearsal! It started at eight, with people wandering in at various stages of the waking-up process. After a devotional and prayer time, we launched into diction work. Now, we sing “Gloria in excelsis deo!” rather than just “Loria in eggshell seas mayo.”
This afternoon a local lady came in to help us make our Polish sound less American and more, well, Polish. (There may have been several moments where she just sat back and laughed at us. I’m sure we provided her with some great entertainment.) She was ever so kind, and immensely helpful. The amount of misplaced consonant clusters in our Polish songs has greatly dimished since then, many thanks to her.
We also sang some outside today, which allowed us to get into a different acoustic for a bit. (A bonus that came with that was getting to stand outside in the beautiful breezy weather.) Singing done for the day, we stuffed our faces with yet another delicious supper before heading into various plans for the evening – spikeball (Yes, someone brought that all the way here in their suitcase), music practice, packing, and lots of ironing. First thing tomorrow morning, we head out on our first leg of tour!
-Katherine Byler
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