Christmas Carol Sing

Last evening a group of us made our way to a seniors residence and sang Christmas Carols for an hour. A very enjoyable experience although I will admit it pushed my comfort level a bit and brought back some memories of being in elementary school concerts...mostly good memories...one of the other singers complemented me on my singing which surprised me although I have been complemented before when doing chanting as part of a yoga seminar I took a few years ago...I have never been encouraged to sing but lately there seems to be some indicators that I should consider the possibility of doing so??

Our group was an ad-hoc collection of individuals-friends, friends of friends mainly....some of whom where very accomplished singers so we were able to pull off a reasonable concert. The coordinator...a middle school teacher with a passion for music said he was astounded at how well we harmonized....One fellow at the lodge said we were the best group that had come into the home in the 5 years he had lived there...a real compliment considering we had no rehearsal time and not sung together as a group before. There was enough accomplished singers to carry the rest of us..no presure on us as individuals at all...the room was full of love, harmony and appreciation...a great way to start the Christmas season.