Sing, Choirs of Angels.

Mar's Christmas concert was on Tuesday.

She told me that day that she had emailed her middle school choir teacher and invited her to attend.

Wow. That girl has some initiative (she didn't get it from me haha). And, Mar informed me, her middle school choir teacher {Mrs. Alexander} was planning to come.

Mar had also mentioned here and there that she was on track to get a solo or two.

Awesome.

The other neat thing about this concert is that choir alumni are invited to attend, and each choir sings a selection that is repeated EVERY YEAR which the alumni are invited onto the stage to sing along with the current choir. Did that make sense? (I'm having a hard time making sense lately, especially when I'm trying to cram a lot  - including keeping up with the blog - into a limited space of time.) I missed this concert last year due to wedding prep, so it was kinda new to me, even though I remember Mar trying to explain it to me last year.

Anyway, Mar DID have a few solo parts, and I recorded nearly every selection, so in an effort to simplify things I will try to narrow things down. Just as a reminder... Mar currently participates in THREE choirs at school.

RED HOT
(Choir #1)

This is an all-girls jazz choir. They have been invited to participate in CMEA in January, which is a big deal. I believe they will be performing Black Horse and a Cherry Tree (which I think I have already posted from the last concert), and possibly some/most of the pieces they performed at this concert. I'll just share my favorite :-)

Crazy in Love (Mar has a scat solo)

Aaannnndd the alumni piece

(last year Red Hot was a mixed jazz choir, and this year they have a men-only jazz choir that only meets once a week...thus the dudes)
I'll Be Home For Christmas

Versailles

(Choir #2)
Women's Choir

Gaudete! (Mar has a solo)

And the alumni piece (posting because I think this is such a cute song)

Go Where I Send Thee

Voices of the Pride

(Choir #3 - "Voices" or "VOP" for short)
Mixed Choir

March of the Kings

The alumni piece... nice and short - because nothing says Christmas like
Carol of the Bells

I was actually quite surprised at how many alumni come back to sing at this concert, and it was a little weird to think that Mar will be an alum next year. IF she hasn't left for a mission yet, she may very well be singing in next year's concert.

And who did Bill and I sit by?

Mrs. A.
It was so sweet of her to come.

The last time Mar and Mrs. A. had a picture together was the end of Mar's 8th grade year.

Circa 2015

I can't believe the first half of Mar's senior year is over.
That was fast.
As it were unto us a dream.

Speaking of time passing quickly, Happy Anniversary to this cute couple.