Hi folks-
This is my middle school young women's ensemble in concert this past Friday. It's 100% volunteer- the ladies put in 3 - 7 hours a week outside of normal school hours. And yes, the average age of the girls is 12.

In December, several of you very kindly supported them in a local endeavor; we just wanted to say thank you.

'bub

That's cool. Be proud of your Farkers, Drew.

That's really nice of them, but they should probably get the congestive heart failure checked out.

lame.

I need to raise money for hookers. Any Farkers wanna throw in?

they gave them bras?

They sound beautiful. All of their hard work is paying off...that's not an easy piece. You must be very proud of them!

That was actually really good, kudos.

The girl doing the solo at the beginning should sing Gaelic music (Enya style), it would fit her nicely.

PIX! I DEMANT PIX!!!

Kiribub: Hi folks-
This is my middle school young women's ensemble in concert this past Friday. It's 100% volunteer- the ladies put in 3 - 7 hours a week outside of normal school hours. And yes, the average age of the girls is 12.

In December, several of you very kindly supported them in a local endeavor; we just wanted to say thank you.

'bub

They're not professional, of course, but for 12 year olds they're pretty damn good. Unfortunately for you this thread went green before the TFers could chime in, so the quality of replies will be lacking. Still, they did a good job.

/12 year olds, dude.

Middle school...farkers...big hearts...December.

/what?

ninjamech: lame.

I hope that's just a lame attempt at sarcasm there...

They sound absolutely wonderful! Hope they had fun! :)

Just to clarify, even though we're all sitting down, we're all giving you standing ovations. (A la producers)

/Oh, hai guys... take a seat over there? Sure... it looks comfy.

Bhasayate: they gave them bras?

Ok...It's nice that a bunch of girls did that as a "Thank You" for those who showed support, but I lasted about as long as I do at the elementary school talent show.

hahaha i love the tags for this. niceeee

also, very good singers for their age. i enjoyed it
what language is this? doesn't sound english.

//Actually I can...

I hate amateur school choirs usually, but that was pretty good.

chrisco123: but I lasted about as long as I do at the elementary school talent show.

You're a pedo with performance problems?

Take it to TFD.

Inescapable Future of Humanity: ... Unfortunately for you this thread went green before the TFers could chime in, so the quality of replies will be lacking. ...

So my comments will automatically become more interesting, funny, and compelling if I have the little TF thingie next to my screen name? And that's all I need to do?

phaseolus: Inescapable Future of Humanity: ... Unfortunately for you this thread went green before the TFers could chime in, so the quality of replies will be lacking. ...

So my comments will automatically become more interesting, funny, and compelling if I have the little TF thingie next to my screen name? And that's all I need to do?

Yes, we're the only ones devilishly clever enough to post pedobear pics.

I've always liked that arrangement, except for the key change, it moves way out of the range of a developing voice.

/kudos

So what's the conductor look like?

This thread is going to take a LOT of folding chairs...
/I'll just get mine now

On a serious note (pun not intended, but I'll go with it), how'd a middle school get away with a song with a chorus of 'praise the Lord'? I guess it could be a parochial school. Just curious...

Since this is fark, I'll go ahead and fark it up a bit too-

Geeze, can't some of you stop being d*pshiats for even a <i>few</i>
minutes?

Very nice job on the singing and kudos to those that helped.
To the DS/Trolls? You know what you can do.

Chabash: I've always liked that arrangement, except for the key change, it moves way out of the range of a developing voice.

/kudos

Thanks- I re-arranged it for SSA choir and lowered it a M2. It's much more comfortable (top note is an F)soapdish: So what's the conductor look like?

You could check my profile, I suppose.

Ponzholio: On a serious note (pun not intended, but I'll go with it), how'd a middle school get away with a song with a chorus of 'praise the Lord'? I guess it could be a parochial school. Just curious...

Since this is fark, I'll go ahead and fark it up a bit too-

In the hopes of dispelling myths and rumors about religious music. Past SCOTUS rulings give a lot of leeway to music educators in music choices. I did Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus with my sixth graders last year. It's not a question of religious content, it's cultural context that matters. That's a historical piece of music. O Sifuni Mungu shows a blend of two different cultural styles.

The line is drawn when the teacher starts telling students they should believe this or that.

Chabash: Ponzholio: On a serious note (pun not intended, but I'll go with it), how'd a middle school get away with a song with a chorus of 'praise the Lord'? I guess it could be a parochial school. Just curious...

Since this is fark, I'll go ahead and fark it up a bit too-

In the hopes of dispelling myths and rumors about religious music. Past SCOTUS rulings give a lot of leeway to music educators in music choices. I did Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus with my sixth graders last year. It's not a question of religious content, it's cultural context that matters. That's a historical piece of music. O Sifuni Mungu shows a blend of two different cultural styles.

The line is drawn when the teacher starts telling students they should believe this or that.

Exactly - I was pondering how to respond and you've done it much better than I could have. Thanks!

Kiribub: Exactly - I was pondering how to respond and you've done it much better than I could have. Thanks!

My personal favorite isn't parent complaints about religious music, it's the hispanic immigrant father griping that I shouldn't do songs that aren't in english... Curse me and my love of Dirait On

phaseolus: Inescapable Future of Humanity: ... Unfortunately for you this thread went green before the TFers could chime in, so the quality of replies will be lacking. ...

So my comments will automatically become more interesting, funny, and compelling if I have the little TF thingie next to my screen name? And that's all I need to do?

yup! just send your $5 to Drew, and you, too, can be one of the cool kids!

actually, TF was pretty boring, imho ... i had two sponsors, back in the day, and i actually enjoy being a liter more ... and it's free

it wasn't so much higher quality, mostly just "more stuff"

it does have a different feel up there though

/i can has sponsor ???
/i keed

This is going to be more of a trainwreck than the dead cops thread from last night

mfaby: Geeze, can't some of you stop being d*pshiats for even a <i>few</i>
minutes?

i tried, i failed

/didn't even read TFA
//or listen to the tune
///i think i will now though

It's Me Bender: This is going to be more of a trainwreck than the dead cops thread from last night

Come on, don't leave the work up to others. If you're going to troll, do it right.

It's Me Bender: This is going to be more of a trainwreck than the dead cops thread from last night

even i didn't go there ... yet

sheesh ... does "and there was much rejoicing" sum it up?

Chabash: Kiribub: Exactly - I was pondering how to respond and you've done it much better than I could have. Thanks!

My personal favorite isn't parent complaints about religious music, it's the hispanic immigrant father griping that I shouldn't do songs that aren't in english... Curse me and my love of Dirait On

That... is absolutely one of my favorites. I wish Lauridsen had more for SSAA. Stroope and Snyder (she writes GREAT things for developing SSA) are mainstays in my library, too.

Ponzholio: On a serious note (pun not intended, but I'll go with it), how'd a middle school get away with a song with a chorus of 'praise the Lord'? I guess it could be a parochial school. Just curious...

I was wondering that too. I suppose it will take years to undo the shiat that the Christian Nationalists have accomplished under Bush. Time to donate a little more to the ACLU...

/You can turn any thread into a politics thread

Kiribub:
That... is absolutely one of my favorites. I wish Lauridsen had more for SSAA. Stroope and Snyder (she writes GREAT things for developing SSA) are mainstays in my library, too.

I love Stroope's music. Winter is probably the greatest song he's ever written but the man is such an farking prick. I guess it's true, great composers tend to be awful people.

Inescapable Future of Humanity: Unfortunately for you this thread went green before the TFers could chime in, so the quality of replies will be lacking. Still, they did a good job.

Yeaaaa that's it. TF is just a bastion of friendliness and compassion.

Dumbass.

It's Me Bender: This is going to be more of a trainwreck than the dead cops thread from last night

I missed that somehow, can someone give me a link?

To the submitter: That's fantastic, good luck.

While we're on the subject of generous Farkers, there was a guy like 6 months or so ago who had a sick kid and was asking for donations for some special treatment. Jason340 or something wasn't it? Whatever happened to that? Did he raise the money he needed? I couldn't donate myself (was in the process of moving 4 states away), but I remember keeping my fingers crossed that the kid made out alright.

I gotta say, that was exceptionally good for a middle school SSA choir. Most high school SSA choirs sound way worse than that.

Have you done Weep No More by David Childs with them yet? I bet they'd sound really good on it.

/personal favorite is Polly Von, TTBB arrangement. I don't know who arranged it though...

Beautiful. Thanks for posting that.

Afrotaki: I gotta say, that was exceptionally good for a middle school SSA choir. Most high school SSA choirs sound way worse than that.

Have you done Weep No More by David Childs with them yet? I bet they'd sound really good on it.

/personal favorite is Polly Von, TTBB arrangement. I don't know who arranged it though...

He's such a crazy kiwi.

Afrotaki: Have you done Weep No More by David Childs with them yet? I bet they'd sound really good on it

Actually, I have- it's an excellent piece!

Chabash: Winter is probably the greatest song he's ever written but the man is such an farking prick.

I didn't know that, actually. My favorite is "Amor de Mi Alma."

i agree with the guy above! thanks for posting that it was beautiful :)

WickedZombie: While we're on the subject of generous Farkers, there was a guy like 6 months or so ago who had a sick kid and was asking for donations for some special treatment. Jason340 or something wasn't it? Whatever happened to that? Did he raise the money he needed? I couldn't donate myself (was in the process of moving 4 states away), but I remember keeping my fingers crossed that the kid made out alright.

His son died about 2 weeks ago without getting the treatment that had been promised.

As a father of a 12 year old singer in a chorus, I'm getting...

/ they do Carmen next Sunday
// Dude... 12..
/// good job, subby