Woo-hoo!

We are cookin' now!  We got through the most difficult parts of the most difficult songs Wednesday night with flying colors! It's a good thing, too, because there is only one Wednesday practice and one Sunday practice  before Spring Break. After Spring Break, we have only six Wednesday practices - get that: SIX - before the play.

Next Wednesday, March 7, you will receive your new Accompaniment CDs without my voice.  When we return from Spring Break, we will not be using the books for the songs.  We will still use the books for the script until mid-April. So practice, practice, practice! Trust me, when you know your part, it's so much more fun!

Soloists, please take advantage of solo practice from 5-5:30 on Sundays. You do not have to come every time, and I am not going to schedule you to come.  I expect YOU to tell your parents that you need to come if you need help.  Otherwise, I assume you have learned your solo and are ready to sing it without help. If you haven't been yet and aren't solid on your solo, please come.

Check out the original videos below of Upside Down, Drop it and Listen (Shut Up and Kiss Me), and If We Are the Body.

A*Teens singing "Upside Down;" try not to gag:

Mary Chapin Carpenter and her old smash hit "Shut Up and Kiss Me:"

Casting Crowns, Sara Groves, and Ginny Owens don't have videos of their songs.  Videos take lots of money to produce and Christian artists make only a fraction of what popular artists make, so they only make a few in their careers.  I decided to post an amateur video of each song followed by an original video of the artist singing another of their songs.
Here's the amateur vid of "If We Are the Body:"

 And here is Casting Crowns singing their hit, "Does Anybody Hear Her?"

Next, an amateur vid of Sara Groves' "The Word:"

And Sara herself singing her new song, "Eyes On the Prize:"

Here isa live version of Jaci Velasquez singing "On My Knees:"

Now, the original video of "Candela," the song from a Latin artist Noelia from which I wrote "The Dangers," is NOT appropriate. I found a live version.  There is a REALLY long intro.

Here's an amateur version of Ginny Owens' "I Am Nothing."It's a wedding video, so ignore that and just listen to her sweet voice:

And here is Ginny not singing, but telling how she got started in music:

And finally, Cameo's 1980's funk hit, "Word Up:"

See you tomorrow at 5!