Cracking the whip

After the choir weekend away...I mean the choir's intensive rehearsal weekend...you'd think we'd be perfect.

Apparently not! Our esteemed choir master was really cracking the whip tonight!

But, d'ye know what??? By the end of  choir practice tonight we really were sounding amazing!

We sing a version of Danny Boy that our choir master arranged for us, and will be singing it in our next concert. I think that after the weekend, he had come to the conclusion that it wasn't quite as perfect as he wanted it to be. Hence the whip tonight!!

But, today I am grateful for the results of hard work.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well. And it's worth putting in the work necessary to get it done well!

So true in many situations, but not a concept that I usually think about when starting something. Perhaps the secret (or one of the secrets) to doing something well IS to think about it before you start! Or maybe it just makes the result even better when you think about it after!!!

Either way, I'm glad we put in the hard graft tonight, because the end result is a beautiful, moving piece of music.

Gratefully yours.
xx