Tonight was my second night of SHAPE International Choir practice. We are currently practicing a few songs that we will sing at SHAPEfest for the 9-11 and Battle of Britain memorial service. Last week, several of us were new and relations were hesitant, halting. Tonight was great. People were mingling and talking between songs and break, it was so nice. The cute old British man even gave my shoulders a squeeze. We even were giving the director a hard time over his choices for music. All religious and really, really difficult.
There are a few British singers, a Canadian pianist and the rest of us are Americans. We are 17 strong so far, but our fearless leader says that there are 34 people that have signed to be a part of the group. Maybe once Christmas rolls around, the carolers will want to join too.
I was really looking forward to tonight because it's something I can belong to, be a part of. I haven't been in a choir for 18 years, and neither have slot of the other singers. Some of us can read music, some of us just hold it to look at the lyrics. Either way, we are all a part of something and enjoying it.
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