wow... small group... but that don't mean they can't be effective...
yer right about bein' able be a "part" of a group and havin' the right motivation...
we got lotsuh talent in our choir, but little ability to "blend"... and much to the director's hysteria, little to no carry over from rehearsals week to week... we can practice a piece for a month, but it's like they've never seen it before every week... I memorize the music, so its vey irritatin' tuh me as well...
It's the biggest choir I've ever been in! And the room is smallish, with hard wood floors and the accoustics are great, so we don't need mikes.
We're pretty good at blending, and good enough at remembering what we did that the director changes the dynamics and such every time we practice. It's annoying. He's a "real musician" type and thus probably shouldn't direct a choir this small, but we all put up with each other.
And one of the basses is a cute young guy but we won't go there ;-)