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Press page 2 continued from page 1 It's kind of appealing if you're one of those people who, believing you can't carry a tune in a bucket, feigns laryngitis when the Christmas carol song sheets appear. "I'm genetically incapable of hitting notes," says Paul Crookall, a member of the choir since it started in 1997, during the break at a recent rehearsal. "But I bought a pitch meter to help me and now I even sing solos. When I realized I actually could sing, I felt, 'Oh, yeah!' I love it." Crookall and his fellow choir members, by the way, were the scheduled opening act for the triple Grammywinning Blind Boys of Alabama's Christmas show last night at Dominion-Chalmers United Church. Not bad for a guy who was once turfed from a non-audition choir for his pitch-straying ways. Mike MacDonald would never kick anyone out. MacDonald is the conductor of Big Soul Project (he's also that irrepressible piano player) and has a simple approach to song. "The real issue," he says, "isn't that people don't know how to sing. It's that they don't know how to listen. It has more to do with experience and training than just talent. You can't have a conversation with a two-year-old, but that doesn't mean you give up on them." continued page 3 |
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