You may ask, why would you join a chorus like Aurora? Here’s your answer, sung along to the tune of “Maria” from Sound of Music, and cleverly crafted by soprano Michele Alderson.
(Think – “How do you solve a problem like Maria…..”)
We’re given songs, we scrap along and then there is a change
Soprano ones and alto twos have a different range
We’re under pitch, we want to breathe, the rhythm’s really strange
I’ve even heard a slur across the bar lineLord knows we try so hard to never get the evil eye
We practice many hours, so it’s obvious we try
Our diction we articulate, no diphthongs need apply
We memorize the songs by a deadlineI’d like to say a word on our behalf
Aurora makes me laugh!Why would you join a chorus like Aurora?
Why spend so much time practicing?
Why would you join a chorus like Aurora?
To use your brain cells, to make some new friends, to sing!Many a thing that Joan would like to tell us
Many a thing we ought to understand
But how does she make us sing and listen to everything
How do we keep from raising any hands?Oh, why would you join a chorus like Aurora?
Sharing hope and love all we can!At rehearsals I’m confused, out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Timings unpredictable, foreign words inexplicable
I am dizzy, in a tizzy, in a jamWe’d out pester any pest, drive a hornet from its nest
And I think that I am going to lose my mind
Please be gentle, please be kind, help me keep track of the time!
We’re not crazy! We’re not lazy! We’re divine!Why would you join a chorus like Aurora?
Why spend so much time practicing?
Why would you join a chorus like Aurora?
To use your brain cells, to make some new friends, to sing!Many a thing that Joan would like to tell us
Many a thing we ought to understand
But how does she make us sing and listen to everything
How do we keep from raising any hands?Oh, why would you join a chorus like Aurora?
Sharing hope and love all we can!