Us boys got done with Stevie's section this morning (that's Stevie Wonder to you and me), in a suitably macho way... well, as macho as we could muster on a Friday morning :-) and then we all hunkered down upstairs with Leigh (our MD) to hammer out some more harmonies.(Some serious (!) work around the paino...)
It's all very well us thinking we'd learned certain sections just because we vaguely knew the steps and could sing-along, a la Karaoke. But no - we really DIDN'T know them very well at all.
Along with a little uncertainty with the harmonies ran a wee touch of uncertainty over the TUNE of some songs as well.("Are you really SURE that's a G#?")
It's a case of hearing the tune from one line in the chorus; thinking "Oh, I know that one..."; then trying to actually sing it and realising what you know was just that - one line of the chorus! Hey ho. All part of the process I guess. It's great really though, as it means we're spending time listening to some great classic tracks, which is no real hardship.
Following a quick trip out for lunch, we finished off the last bits of harmony - so in theory we've learned it all now. In theory. Wait and see what the revision session tomorrow brings to light!
And of course, as it's Friday night, we thought it best we pop over to the "local" for a quick drink after rehearsals. Mine was a quick drink, but I left Jerry, Sara and Charles in the Pub... where they may well still be for all I know!
And we're planning to get t-shirts printed with our respective 'gender'/'number'/'pertinent comment' emblazoned on the front... mine would currently be "Boy 1 - I'm smokin'" (don't ask!), Ashley could be "Boy 2 - Tango" (a visual gag more than anything...) and Charles would be "Boy 3 - [something not to be written on my blog!]" But we'll see....
