Bah, humbug!

[j4]

New in the snack-machine today: Walkers turkey and stuffing flavoured crisps, with "Merry Crispmas" emblazoned across the front of the packet.

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In a probably-doomed attempt to swim against the tide of tinselled tat, I'd really like to get to a decent Nine Lessons and Carols service this year. However, I haven't really had much to do with churches in Cambridge, for obvious reasons, so any recommendations welcomed. Not sure yet whether I feel like going the whole way and queueing for the famous one, though.

It's particularly at Christmas that I realise how much I miss chapel choir, actually. Does anybody know of any Cambridge college chapels who let non-students (not even ex-students of Cambridge) sing with their choir? I sing alto/tenor, can read pointed psalms, and can sight-sing reasonably confidently (though less so in auditions, natch).

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[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Back in high school, we had a madrigal group consisting of about half a dozen sopranos, about the same number of altos, me singing tenor and our (male) physics teacher singing bass. Bass is unfortunately a little beyond me even with a hangover, though with my current scratchy throat I might be able to make a better stab at it than usual :)

The tenor part for Carmina Burana's great. Not only do you get most of the well-known tunes (an octave or two below the sopranos) but the men have a lot of the really fun bits anyhow - In Taberna is sooo much fun to sing, even if it does require inordinate amounts of breath to keep up with the pace.

[j4.livejournal.com]

We never managed a madrigal group, but we had the "Sixth Form vocal ensemble" which didn't have any basses but managed some rather nice close-harmony singing nonetheless.

Bass is unfortunately a little beyond me even with a hangover

Me too! Bottom D is about my sensible limit, bottom C at a push (and it doesn't always come out very well). Sara managed a clear, no-nonsense bottom A. *boggle*

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

About the same as me, then. I can make bottom C with luck and a following wind, but not reliably; D is usually fairly sure, E is never a problem.

A. Sheesh. I should be so lucky. :)

[keris.livejournal.com]

I've been known to get a B or B flat before, although C is really my performing limit. I can't sing alto, it goes way too high!
*waves and bounces*
dott the midget tenor.

[teleute.livejournal.com]

I am so impressed with you all. I'm a confirmed mezzo since despite haveing a 2.5 octave range the sop parts are too high and the alto parts too low. I once managed a low D when I had tonsilitis, and was really proud of myself. However, due to the tonsilitis, I could only sing about 5 notes, all of them lower than I'd ever sung before ;)