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That's Not Me

Choral Choir (SA) - Level 3 - SKU: A0.873034 Composed by Sally Whitwell. Pop. Octavo. 11 pages. Sally Whitwell #3869017. Published by Sally Whitwell (A0.873034). Composerâ€™s Note - Happy PlaceIâ€™m a lesbian who came-of-age/came-out in the mid 1990s, which means I caught the tail end of those lesbian stereotypes you used to hear about. It made me feel like Iâ€™d never inherited The Lesbian Gene. I was never one of the herbal tea sipping, yoga loving, hemp textiles wearing, hippie happy clappy campers of that time. I had girlfriends who were and I tried to humour them sometimes but it was always a strain.I had this one girlfriend who made me go camping once, a gathering with her hippie pagan friends. It was all inoffensive enough, I was having a very nice time sitting in the shade reading my book. Rather stupidly, I made the mistake of letting someone rope me into a thing called Dâ€‹rumming The Boundaryâ€‹. They thought Iâ€™d be good at it, being a professional musician. I thought it would probably please my girlfriend if I got involved, so I agreed to go along.To my surprise, the drums theyâ€™d set up were great instruments, some really top quality djembes that youâ€™d be paying some good money for, so I made the rash assumption that the leader of this activity actually knew what she was doing. We were instructed to start drumming a hâ€‹eartbeatâ€‹ together, whereupon I discovered that these are people who couldnâ€™t even play a plain old crotchet beat in ensemble. But they seemed to think they were playing in time, swooning and swaying and closing their eyes to â€˜feelâ€™ the music. It was starting to make me giggle. These were presumably the same lesbians Iâ€™d seen out in Sydney nightclubs who couldnâ€™t dance in time with an electronic beat that repeatedly hits you over the head with its obviousness?! Once Iâ€™d had that thought, I couldnâ€™t help my giggle becoming a full-blown guffaw. The dreadlocked hempy lady in charge glared at me, telling me I needed to relax into really fâ€‹eeling the heartbeat. â€‹Could she not see that it was because my whole body was shaking with hysterical laughter at their arhythmic playing? Honestly...I guess I just really donâ€™t like hippies. There, I said it out loud. I tried, I tried really hard, but I just prefer my city life. Itâ€™s my â€‹Happy Place.â€‹-- Sally Whitwell

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Choral Choir,Choral,SA Chorus - Level 3 - SKU: A0.1450008 Composed by Erik Meyer. 21st Century,Children,Classical. 3 pages. Erik Meyer #942615. Publishe...(+)

Choral Choir,Choral,SA Chorus - Level 3 - SKU: A0.1450008 Composed by Erik Meyer. 21st Century,Children,Classical. 3 pages. Erik Meyer #942615. Published by Erik Meyer (A0.1450008). James Weldon Johnson's poem, The Gift to Sing, set for SA choir by Erik MeyerThis piece encourages singers (especially young ones) to find their own musical voice! It sets Johnson's introspective text about the quiet healing power of music, interspersed with sections for musical improvisation. Singers are welcome to create their own melody while the piano continues to play harmonically. Every voice's heartfelt contribution is valuable and beautiful.I wrote this piece because throughout my career as a choir director, many of my singers have been told me I can't really sing, or so-and-so told me not to sing loud because I'm not good, or I can't improvise, etc. I want this piece to help bring out everyone's voice - no matter what you have been told in the past, you CAN sing, and more than that, I bet you can improvise! I hope this setting will help singers love their voice.