I performed in my first ever Choir Concert last night, and IT WAS GREAT

I'd been a bit worried about my high notes coming out ok, but they were fine (I think!)
(No glares from the Conductor!)

David and Nils both said I looked happy, relaxed and confident...... a far cry from my usual anxious bunny-caught-in-the-headlights look.

The soloists were awesome, and because I was in the front row just beside them, I was in a good place to observe them. I had the job of giving the Baritone a bottle of wine after the first applause, and that went well - didn't trip over my skirt, or drop the bottle!

One rather scary thing happened, and I still can't work out how. As far as I was aware I had held onto my music folder throughout the interval. But when we went back on for the second half, I opened it and found that I had somebody else's books in it. Goodness knows how. But that meant that I had to go through the whole Mass in D without my handwritten markings. Thankfully I knew the piece really well, and remembered which bits were solo/chorus, and when to sit/stand. And I surprised myself by how well I remembered all the more detailed performance markings. A good, albeit slightly scary, experience to know that I was able to just get on with my performance and without anyone else being aware that I had a problem. So, I wonder who had my book? I didn't find out, and then they all had to be handed back in anyway, so I'll probably never find out.

All in all, a hugely enjoyable evening.


Amber
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Glad you enjoyed it Amber

Sounds great - so glad you enjoyed it, Amber!

Well done, Amber.

I'm glad it went so well.

I won't say "I told you so", but........

Glad to hear it went so well and was so much fun, Amber

Sounds like a really great experience, Amber!

SOunds wonderful, Amber - well done! So pleased.
The disappearing music thing happens all the time in our choir "I put my music down and someone's picked it up". Maybe there was more than one folder, someone knocked things over, and everything got mixed up in the picking up.

But you survived - better than survived! - with an alien copy. There you go!

I think I'll put a small sticker with my name on it before the next concert!



Amber
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Sounds like you did a great job!!! Congratulations. You should be extremely proud of yourself for being so prepared. Treat yourself to something special for a job well-done!!

*smiles* accidents always occur during actual performances.
I had once when my performing scores went missing from the piano after 1st half of concert.
I was so shocked when i realised that!
thus I went to find my replacement score.
and when i played during the 2nd half of concert,
two pages of the scores were not there!
had to play in memory for two long pages.
fortunately i was able to do that!

until now, I still cannot find my original piano scores,
though i know that the two missing pages of the replacement score were due to my carelessness.

don't worry, accidents always happen for every single one of my concerts,
but not the latest one, i guess i'm more careful now.
congratulations for your success in memory playing despite the difficult situation,
enjoy the rest of your choir concerts!