1. Be confident! When you walk out on stage, establish positive and enthusiastic eye 
contact with your audience. You be the one who starts the circle of communication. They
should know from the first second they see you that you have something wonderful to
share with them.
2. Be prepared! Your posture and physical presence on stage should send an
unmistakable message to the audience that says, "I'm ready and I'm proud of what I
have to offer!"
3. Be relaxed! Every moment you're on stage there will be someone in the audience
watching you. Holding your hands in front of your body or any other self-conscious
movements like scratching or adjusting your clothing are distracting to everyone's focus
on the music.
4. Be understood! Diction, diction, diction! It's in the consonants. Make sure the
back row of the audience can understand your words.
5. Be dramatic! Sing every phrase of a song as if you wrote the lyrics.
6. Be real! The expression on your face must reflect the meaning of the text at all
times. Practice in front of a mirror until you believe it.
7. Be unified! Is the whole choir shaping their vowels the same way? This is an area
where improvement can happen in a hurry. Stand in a circle. As each person sings the
same vowel, decide which mouth shape best allows the most beautiful tone for that
vowel. Then everyone copy it and be sure your mouth is open enough.
8. Be versatile! How's your style savvy? Can you sound soulful? Can you do
Classical? Country? Jazz? Broadway? Music in America is a celebration of styles!
9. Be focused! When someone in your performing group has a solo, help the
audience's focus by looking at the soloist.
10. Be dynamic! How are your dynamics? Most music is sung mf (medium loud) or
louder. Dare to sing soft whenever it's appropriate to do so. But remember, it takes just
as much physical energy to sing soft as loud.
11. A Bonus Tip since you've been so at-TEN-tive. When you bow, look at the audience
on the way down, as if to say, "Our time together has been so wonderful, I don't want to
take my eyes off of you."

NOW... GO BE TERRIFIC

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the  greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
  

 
 August 25, 1970 -  Elton John made his US live debut when he kicked off a 17-date tour at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. In the audience that night were Don Henley, Quincy Jones and Leon Russell. Elton's latest single 'Border Song' had just debuted at number 92 on the US chart.

Agenda for September 4th Meeting  

Join us at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church at 7:00pm.

    

Christmastime Is Here (Sloan)

Believe (Todd)

Birthday of a King (Todd)

Veni Veni (Sloan)

Auld Lang Syne (Todd)

The Secret of Christmas (Todd)

SECTION V (9:45pm)
(prep for 2015)

An American Trilogy