Folk Choir Rehearsal

It's always good to take a look at something that you haven't worked on in a while just so that it gets the memory juices flowing. Last night was another Folk Choir Rehearsal before Christmas and it went very well. We took a look at one of the songs that we had worked on endlessly earlier this past spring. I find it funny how muscle memory works. We seemed to remember everything about the song and we stumbled through some of the stuff that we had difficulty with when we were learning the song. I found that when we were a little bit more relaxed, there were no problems; when people would tense up with the difficult parts, we would not hit those trouble notes. It is almost as if some of us built some mental walls and have unconsiously psyched themselves out with their abilites. We worked hard on this song for a long time but it seems we also worked hard at making the hard parts harder. Anyway, it sounded good, but it is always different when singing in front of people. Just relax and enjoy it.