To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

Well, our concert (Handel's Messiah) was tonight. I've been quiet about it because I wasn't sure I'd actually show up, as it's a completely voluntary thing (unlike at Kenyon, you don't get class credit for this), I'd already had to miss a couple rehearsals due to Kenyon/Exeter stuff, and I've been utterly unimpressed with the generalized unprofessionalism of the whole outfit. But I did sing in the concert, not to mention the four hours of rehearsal this afternoon in the freezing cold church. It went better than I thought it would, mostly due to the amazing soloists, but there were serious complications. Like, oh, the fact that we were still sight-reading several sections. The last bit, right before the amens? I think the first time over half of the choir had seen it was this afternoon. I wish I were kidding. There was also a longish section where, for once, the soprano section split into two parts, which we were introduced to on Thursday. It wouldn't have been so bad if there were accessible pianos around this campus to plink it out on and get it into my head, but no. I have no idea what part I was singing on that one. And tonight, we had to start over in one part of the performance because our conductor forgot to tell us we were zooming right into a chorus from one of the duets, and didn't really cue us, so we were completely flummoxed. *headdesk* Some parts sounded pretty good, though. I was proud of "For Unto Us a Child Is Born." I'm putting a moratorium on talking tomorrow, however, as I don't really have much of a voice left after seven hours combined of singing over the orchestra, especially on the Hallelujah chorus and various Glories to God. I definitely felt breath going into places in my throat it ought not to, so I perhaps overdid it a bit.

I miss Doc so much. Community Choir isn't the most technically perfect choir in the world, of course, but we do challenging things (songs in five different languages two semesters ago!) and do them well, and we have the best conductor in the world. This was just sort of...eh. We sang in a church that looked a little like the Chapel at Kenyon, where we always sing in the advent service the night after the big Community Choir/Chamber Singers concert...which is tonight, I think. Ballroom's winter dance is tonight, and they're always on the same night, so it must be. laserhead or sleepingcbw, wanna tell me what they're/you're doing this semester? Chandra and I had an impromptu singalong to Kokosing Farewell, which got very stuck in my head sometime around 7 PM tonight, I guess because of general concert vibes.

If the year so far has taught me anything, it's that I had no idea how wonderful Kenyon is in so many ways, from English to libraries to music and everything else .

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