April 1, 2026

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Beware of grandchildren calling today with shocking news followed by “April Fools!”

Review from Tuesday’s rehearsal:

  • Reminder: “Sweet Caroline” Download a new copy and throw out your old one. It’s updated on the website. Several of us were confused in last night’s rehearsal because we were working from different scores.
  • Our “off the music” deadline for this song is May 5
  • Work on dynamics and breath work.
  • Review our work on “In My Room”: 
    • Leads and Baritones: Keep the pitch up; we consistently sang flat last night on this.
    • All parts: “Pull the taffy” – keeping all lines connected
    • The 12/8 time signature means that when Chad directs in 4 beats, each one is subdivided into 3; this can be counted in your head as “one-and-a, two -and-a, three-and-, four-and-a.” This is represented by the dotted ¼ notes, four to a measure. Then the pattern breaks in places like measure 6 “In­_my room” that gives the song it’s distinctive rhythm.
    • Remember the emotional plan: The song starts very introspectively and gains confidence as it progresses.
    • Make sure that you have marked your scores with the following:
      • Breath mark at the end of measure 10
      • Word change for leads and tenors in measure 22, “loo” becomes “pray”
      • Accel in measure 27
      • NB in measure 29
  • Basses: Learn measures 27 – 29 of “In My Room”; it’s not melody but we need to sing it as if it were, like leads.

Deadline:

Our off the music deadline for “In My Room” is next week, April 7. Work on memorizing it between now and then. Suggested method using the leaning tracks:

  1. Just listen to your part track and read the music 2X
  2. Hum along 2X
  3. Sing with the track 2X
  4. Sing with the full mix

For next rehearsal

Preview by singing through:

  • “How Can I Keep from Singing” (New PDF in the Song List)
  • “In My Room”
  • “Something”
  • “Country Roads”
  • “I Believe”
  • “You Raise Me Up”

Upcoming Events

  • April 10-11 – Central States Convention (no chorus involvement)
  • April 21 – (Tuesday in lieu of rehearsal) Perform at Stony Point Villas
  • May 7 – Cookie Festival in Iowa City. Guest director from BHS. If we have sufficient numbers HH will perform.
  • May 25, 11 a.m. (Monday) – Cedar Memorial Performance