Mamma Mia

I was the first one to arrive at the 7th chorus lesson this evening. Conductor Chi-ling's daughter-in-law opened the door and two of us chatted about everything, from her family in China, her mother-to-be experience, to her everyday life in Taipei.

The substitute conductor Chang Hsin-ting was the second one to arrive. I thought she was Pianist Yi-hwa, I kept playing piano, talking at the same time. Conductor Hsin-ting is a young and friendly high school teacher of arts and humanity. We became instant friends. Without wasting any minute, I asked Conductor Hsin-ting to comment on my solo of "Akatombo" and "Amazing Grace" in both voice parts. It was an awesome opportunity to sing. I exerted my every effort to articulate the lyrics of Amazing Grace.

At 7 o'clock, we began a series of vocal skill practice for 20 minutes, followed by singing "Fireflies", "Akatombo", and "Amazing Grace" again and again before the intermission. Only eight members showed up at the 7th chorus lesson in the rainy day. It was Ron's lucky evening to be surrounded by nine beautiful ladies singers, including the conductor and pianist.

Soprano: Green Chen, Kate Hsu, Michelle Liu
Alto: Maggie Chiu, Gina Fu, Lydia Lin, Sherry Li
Tenor: Ron Chen

After the intermission, we attempted Mamma Mia for the first time for 20 minutes. As we were more occupied with the coming two performances in the coming week, we were less interested in learning any new song at the moment. We told Conductor Hsin-ting we were about to perform "Akatombo" and "Amazing Grace" on stage at the Nursing Home Birthday Party Friday afternoon, November 27th and at D67 Fall Conference Dinner Party Saturday evening, November 28th. Conductor Hsin-ting was generous to give her best effort to coach us to sing both songs A Cappella. Conductor Hsin-ting was pleased and impressed with our voices, so were we.

After Conductor Hsin-ting's valuable input this evening, we became more confidence of our vocal skills. We became more assured of ourselves singing in harmony in public. Now we need to memorize the lyrics of both songs by heart.