On a more serious note, it’s Mariah that made the Christmas season change towards being extremely femme. Every Christmas show out there it seems features girls dancing to numerous tunes from Russian masters to whatever floats the boat. Boys are being told there’s nothing for them now. And that is one sad part of the season that makes boys cringe at everything’s for girls. They’ve eliminated Singing Christmas Trees in favour of bands performing hits at many churches.
In 2009, I had the chance to sing a one-off choral appearance at the church my Sunday School teacher Bernard Hydrick Snr’s son Bernard Jnr was a member. This one-off appearance was to send a statement about the poor quality of the choral music at church. Bernard Jnr’s church, which Helen McDowell (a fellow voice student from 2004 in the same studio) and Linda Caldwell (dance troupe leader at that church, known from another friend) also are members, wanted extra tenors, so I took the offer for six weeks to practice and sing with them for this one week.
I’d rather sing Handel than what goes for music today. But this is actually an Easter piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z808Mhgwle0