Our Open Door Singers choir resumes this year to night.
Here
is a list ( thanks to Bryan) of most of the songs from last year.
Adiemus
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Any dream will do.
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Ascot opening day
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As time goes by
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A whole new world
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Beauty and the beast
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Black Bird - Beatles
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Blue moon
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Bridge over Troubled Waters
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Bring him home
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Californian Dreaming
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Candlelight Carol
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Carol of the Birds
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Celebrations
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Change the world
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Chariots Comin'
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Circle of Life
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Coran Fields
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Daisy Daisy
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Don't bring me down
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Do you hear the people sing
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Empty chair and empty table
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Feliz Navidad
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Fragile by Sting
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Fransicus’s Christmas carol
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Freedom is coming
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Gershwin - They can't take that away
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Gershwin - Lets call the whole thing
off
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Gershwin - S' Wonderfull
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Gershwin - Who's got the last laugh
now
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Get me to the church on time
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Ghosts riders.
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God rest ye merry gentlemen
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Hey hey hey she's having a baby
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Here comes that day
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He Lives in You
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Homeward bound
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I could have danced all night
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I Have a Dream
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I'm Dreaming of home
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I'm gonna wash that man
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It's a long way to Tipperary
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I't don't mean a thing
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I've got the music in me
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Lanterns
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La La Land
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Lean on me
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Les Miserables - Suddenly
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Les Miserables -One day more
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Les Miserables - I dream a dream
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Les Miserables -The end of the day
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Les Miserables -Master of the house
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Let's Dance
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Life on Mars
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Mamma mia
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Memories.
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Monday Monday
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My castle in the sky
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On a starlit night
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Once a jolly vagabond
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One day I'll fly away
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On the street where you live
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Oh Happy day
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Only Time
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Other Side of the World
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Pack up your troubles
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Peace on Earth
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Penny Lane
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Perhaps love
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Rolling in the deep
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Rhythm of life
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Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
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Santa Clause is coming to town
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Sausi Carol
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Scarborough fair
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Shosholoza
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Silent night
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Singing in the rain
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Simply having a wonderfull Christmas
time
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Somewhere over the rainbow
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Someone in the crowd
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Sophia
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So this is Christmas
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South of the border down Mexico way
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Summer night
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That’s what friends are for.
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The Bell of creation
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The big yello taxi
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The end of the day
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The impossible dream
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The lion sleeps tonight
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The Little Drummer Boy
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The Mahogany ship
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The man in the mirror
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The prayer
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The Sound of silence
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The Sussex Carol
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There's nothing like a dame
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The Way You Make Me Feel
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The way your hot
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Up there Cazaly
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Viva La Vida
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Vos Sur Chenin
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Walking In The Air
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We'll meet again
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Wind Beneath My Wings
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What a wonderful world
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Why we sing
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You'll never Walk Alone
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You made me love you
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You Raised Me Up
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You’re my everything
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Waltzing Matilda
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Waterloo
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Wings
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With a little bit of luck
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Wonders of love
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Wouldn't be loverly
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4 comments:
What a lovely collection.
Three questions: Does your choir sing in unison? Do you sing a capella at all? Do you memorize your parts?
Hi Halle,
The answer to the first 2 questions is rarely and yes we memoriize our musical parts as in tenor, bass, sops etc. But we don't have to memorize the words since they are projected onto the rear wall or screen behind the audience and our conductor during a concert. You might be interested to know we learn our musical parts by not only listening to the music but more so directly from our accomplished conductor who even sings the soprano line in falsetto to us. He is the arranger of the musical pieces and so is very familliar with all of the parts and changes in key and so forth. He can play the different recorded parts and then concentrate on the more difficult passages and sing those parts back to us. Hence there is no need for the choir members to be able to read music. The words to the various parts of course differ in time intervals which are colour coded on the screen. So, of course, he encourages us to try and remember the words to ensure we concentrate on keeping our eyes on him conducting.
Best wishes
that's an impressive list!! I'm gearing up for the annual Valentine's day harp gig.... my list isn't nearly so impressive. Your conductor is wonderfully accomplished; you all seem to have all of the angles figured out!
Hi Gfid,
He has a lifelong aptitude to performing and more recently in conducting choirs so we are indeed very fortunate.
I’ m sure the gig will be another success for you and trust it all goes off well.
best wishes
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