From our Secretary
Dear All,
Did you have fun and learned a lot at the rehearsal? I bet you did.
Today our Conductor taught us how to breathe correctly and how to stand properly while singing. We should breathe with our diaphragms right below our rib cages, not with our lungs. When breathe in the diaphragm should be expanded while breathe out the diaphragm should be shrunk. The standing posture: one foot is a little bit in front of the other with 2 feet shoulder width apart. Knees are not locked. arms hang down loosely in a relaxing way.
Our Assistant Conductor, Milton Liu, taught us how to hold the breath as long as possible. He also practiced singing with a forward tone for us by imagining the sound travels to the target on the blackboard with a hyperbolical path.
So, many volunteers came to the front and gave their talent shows. Everybody recited a poem first and then sang a few verses of a song. After that our Conductor gave very helpful advice to correct their way of speaking and singing. Our conductor said that singing actually is the extension of speaking. Therefore, we are supposed to have same tones in singing and speaking but with different pitches in singing. During the talent show the whole rehearsal was full of laughter. Joyful atmosphere filled every corner of the room.
After learning, 13 members joined the luncheon with
Conductor, Mr. Frank Liu and Milton Liu at a restaurant on
No comments on the attendance. Please read the attachment for the details. I deleted some of the names on the attendance sheet. For the new comers, I'll wait until they pay their membership fees and then I put them into alphabetical order. T. K., please let me or Francis know who have paid the fees. Thanks.
Stella
Secretary, Home