This morning I got up at 6am, like I usually do. Normally my mornings are full of things like leisurely showering and dressing, taking care of all the cat-related chores (litter boxes, filling food and water bowls), checking my email, sipping my coffee, and pondering whether or not to make pancakes or bake some scones, or just have cereal for breakfast. Instead, in the space of half an hour,I took a *very* quick shower, threw on some clothes, commandeered Richard’s computer to print out directions, grabbed a little container of dried apples from the pantry, and then ran out of the house, with my music and concert dress jacket in tow. I picked up one of the other singers in the group, and drove to the KOVR studio in West Sacramento. Eventually, two other singers joined us. We ran through music softly while sitting in the lobby, and once they took us to the green room (which, by the way, is painted in many shades of green and came complete with a tiny little coffee maker, but no cups) we ran through the music again. At shortly before 8am, they ushered the four of us into the studio and had us do mike checks during commercial breaks, and then, shortly thereafter, we sang.

We did a total of 3 songs during the course of the show; pretty much the only 3 in our concert program that could be done with only 4 voices, including one we added completely at the spur of the moment during a short break in the green room, during which two of us rather hastily learned the cello part so we could sing it in two-part harmony instead of unison, like we’ll sing it at the actual concert this weekend. And overall, it went really, really well. No one screwed up (a concern, considering the aforementioned ‘learn a new part in five minutes’ thing we pulled), our voices blended extremely well for being only one third of the usual group, and aside from the fact that, due to standing next to the tallest member of our group, I come across looking as if I am actually a munchkin, it was a lot of fun.

Tis the season for Holidailies!