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Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Nope. Me too. IMO that is not singing; that is shrieking and not even close to the same thing.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
Just because you are a famous singer, does not make you a choir director. There is so much more involved than choreography and showmanship. It takes skill and talent to lock the harmonies in, to match vowels, and balance the chords.

There were oh, so many cringe-worthy moments in this car-wreck of a show. Like none of the choir directors showed any type of conducting cues or gestures...they just "sang along" or tapped the beat on their chest.

I thought that LaShay and Shelton's choirs actually sounded the best all around.

Just my professional opinion here. This show is going to give me some good fodder in my Choral Methods course next semester.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 9:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
LOL, nice to hear you weigh in on this Marm!!

Hmm, I wonder if my cousin's wife got to watch? She works seasonally at LL Bean so is probably working tons of hours at this time of year, but she's also the choir director at her church, and the organist..

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 1:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
I wonder if all the celebrities had additional help with their choirs. I noticed that P. LaBelle mentioned numerous times about having her musical director work with her choir. It sounded as though he worked on their arrangements and all.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 6:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I noticed that too, Schoolmarm, but I did think I got Lachey making a better attempt at it than the others.
I do appreciate that Shelton acknowledged he knew nothing about reading music or choirs!

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 6:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    

quote:

Like none of the choir directors showed any type of conducting cues or gestures




Not true - during the bumblebee song, Lachey was directing, and actually keeping the beat with right hand. I did look for that in the others, but either they were just waving their hands around pretending to direct without really keeping the beat, or they were playing their guitar...

I still say Lachey's boy hand experience paid off. He was used to building harmonies with a group rather than being a solo performer.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
Yeah, the Bumble Bee number was the highlight of the series for me. And I agree, Prisoner...that Lachey had an advantage in knowing how to harmonize and balance the chords.

Here's a holiday greeting from "Straight No Chaser." It's making it's way around the internet. This is from about 1998. Three of those guys were my students at Indiana. (Make sure you listen to the end...it's great!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8

I'm hoping that one of those three is actually a choir director now...they would have very lucky students!

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
Whoa, been googling the members of Straight no Chaser and one is INDEED a choir director in New Jersey and sits on the board of the New Jersey Choral directors.

:-)

Several others are involved in music theater on and off Broadway and the founder is a news reporter for the ABC affiliate in Chicago.

Thanks for the little diversion!

I'm wondering what the background of the singers on this TV show were.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
That's wonderful, Marm!

That led to this.. loved them, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D09DCZryG2U&feature=related

Hallelujah Chorus Nuns

Roteach
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06-01-2003

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roteach a private message Print Post    
I was speaking with some friends when we were at choir on Sunday preparing for Mass. One woman asked if anyone was watching Clash of the Choirs. I said that I was and she thought that the Bumblebee number was exceptional. I thought it was also. She was amazed as was I at the diction and precision of the number.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Sorta Swingle Singerish..

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Sea, you know the Swingle Singers???? OMG!!! I thought I was the only person that knows about them!!! I have an album of their's from the 70s. Mozart. I LOVE THEM!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Twinkie my ex and I had Going Baroque and the original album and played them to death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGNjXjquVuc Flight of the Bumble Bee..

And this one I always loved:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW6LDNBuOcg&feature=related

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
LOL My Mozart album of their's has been played to death, too! You are the only person I know that knows even who they are!!! I'm floored! LOL

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
These are 2 of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGIIrsr84A0

this one shows them singing live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_AQZo9xONo

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 7:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
That flight of the bumblebee was very cute! Love the Bach, too.