We did the Tenebrae service tonight. We did pretty well, except for one piece where the violin, cello, and organ were playing at different tempos (they were NOT supposed to be) and it confused the men who were supposed to come in first on the song. They came in at about 3 different pitches because no one could find it in any of the instruments. It was so bad that I and a few other altos started singing their parts to try to get them back on track. When the women came in, everyone had found their pitch and it ended nicely.
We got lots of compliments on it, but we'll do better next year. It wasn't bad considering we'd only had two rehearsals to perfect 9 different pieces. Most had the CD and the score, so many of us learned our parts on our own and just got used to singing them with everyone else. Even with the CD, however, I still needed the practices!
I'll see y'all late Sunday night. Clare and I and two of her friends are going to CONBUST, which is a convention at Smith College in Northhampton for women in Sci-Fi and Anime. The girls are going to sell some of their artwork, and the custom IDs they do with caricatures of folks done in anime style. We're just gonna spend the night over there tomorrow night so we don't have to do the 1- 1/2 hr. drive home then back again on Sunday.
When we get home Sunday night, we're going to the 'eat while you watch the movie' theater to see RoTK!