I can’t believe another year has passed! I wasn’t planning on writing a post for this second year, but a fair number of ‘firsts’ happened, so I thought it might be worth documenting.
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Events & ‘Firsts’
Apr 25, 2024
Liam’s first rehearsal
Not really any singing, but maybe he’ll eventually decide to jump in.
May 24, 2024
Dipping into tenor
Learned tenor for KtWWS so I could teach it to Liam.
Jun 23, 2024
First non-BHS public performance
National Anthem at the WooSox with ‘Street Corner Four’
Jun 27, 2024
First Quartet-a-Palooza
First time performing with a quartet (let alone 4 quartets) in public
Feb 14, 2025
First Paid Quartet Gig
Freezing Valentine’s Day in Newport
Apr 4, 2025
First Quartet Division Competition
First award, too!
Songs Learned
I learned 48 songs in my second year (all Baritone parts). This was, in my opinion, too many. I still tried to learn as many Polecats as I could, but I also (foolishly) signed up for two brigades! That’s a lot to bite off in one’s first year of brigading. I ended up pulling out of the second brigade, but not before I’d learned 10 of its 12 songs. My brain was just too full, and I’m definitely going to pull back in future years.
| Song | Month | Impetus |
|---|---|---|
| Down By the Old Mill Stream | Apr ’24 | Personal |
| You Gotta Have Charts | Apr ’24 | Chorus |
| Let Me Call You Sweetheart | May ’24 | Personal |
| San Francisco | May ’24 | Quartet |
| Sixteen Tons | May ’24 | Personal |
| Keep the Whole World Singing (tenor) | May ’24 | Personal |
| You’re the Flower of My Heart | May ’24 | Personal |
| Hello Mary Lou | Jun ’24 | Personal |
| Feelin’ Fine (lead, FFB) | Jun ’24 | Chorus |
| Two of a Kind | Jun ’24 | Brigade |
| That’s Life | Jun ’24 | Brigade |
| Star Spangled Banner | Jun ’24 | Quartet |
| Bye Bye Blues | Jun ’24 | Brigade |
| Smilin’ Through | Jun ’24 | Brigade |
| Ten Feet Off the Ground | Jul ’24 | Brigade |
| Wonderful One | Jul ’24 | Brigade |
| I’m Beginning to See the Light | Jul ’24 | Brigade |
| Mr. Success | Aug ’24 | Brigade |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | Aug ’24 | Brigade |
| As Long As I’m Singing | Aug ’24 | Chorus |
| I Can Dream, Can’t I? | Aug ’24 | Brigade |
| If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets | Aug ’24 | Brigade |
| The Trolley Song | Sep ’24 | Brigade |
| Auld Lang Sine | Sep ’24 | Quartet |
| Holly Jolly Christmas | Sep ’24 | Chorus |
| Christmas Christmas Time Is Near | Sep ’24 | Chorus |
| Honey-Little Lize | Oct ’24 | Personal |
| Sweet Sweet Roses of Morn | Oct ’24 | Personal |
| Be Our Guest | Nov ’24 | Brigade |
| We’ve Got a World that Swings | Nov ’24 | Brigade |
| Make ‘Em Laugh | Nov ’24 | Quartet |
| Everyone’s Wrong But Me | Nov ’24 | Brigade |
| Ebb Tide | Dec ’24 | Brigade |
| Just One of Those Things | Dec ’24 | Brigade |
| I Believe | Dec ’24 | Chorus |
| I’m Still Standing | Jan ’25 | Brigade |
| May I Never Love Again | Jan ’25 | Brigade |
| Roses of Picardy | Jan ’25 | Brigade |
| Encore | Feb ’25 | Quartet |
| Down Our Way | Feb ’25 | Personal |
| Bright Was the Night | Feb ’25 | Personal |
| Applause | Mar ’25 | Chorus |
| Wait ‘Till the Sun Shines | Mar ’25 | Personal |
| Shine on Me | Mar ’25 | Personal |
| Tell Me Your Dream | Mar ’25 | Personal |
| After You’ve Gone | Apr ’25 | Personal |
| Fun and Fancy Free | Apr ’25 | Brigade |
| Burnin’ the Roadhouse Down | Apr ’25 | Brigade |
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