Susanna and I were heading up to our apartment from the garage last night, but realized after already having pressed "10", that we needed to get the mail, so we pressed "L" and got out at the lobby, where someone got into our elevator as we got out. We got our mail fairly quickly and didn't wait long in the lobby for another elevator to take us to 10. When we got to 10, the same guy got in the elevator as we got out! He must not have realized that 10 had already been pressed, and automatically got out when the elevator stopped only to find out that he was on the wrong floor probably only after the elevator doors had closed and it had zipped away to his floor.
When we passed him as we were getting out of the elevator on 10 he probably would have recognized us as the cause of his problem (it was late and there weren't many people around), but we made it safely to our door.
-KDH
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Nashville Bound!
I was outted by Karen on her 'blog, so I guess I'd better post here... it's been a long time.
This past weekend my quartet,"Chameleon", qualified to represent Ontario District at the international convention in Nashville, TN this coming July. It's pretty exciting and will me more than a little nerve wracking. I've sung in front of 10,000 people before at these contests, but always with the safety net of a chorus behind me and 8 or 10 other guys singing the same notes that I am singing. This year will be different: I'll be the only person singing my part... and I'll be one of four on stage, not one of 40.
The experience of going to "internationals" will be different on a couple of other fronts too. First, my chorus (TNL) is not going this year (as we decided to take a year off and we are going to the British Association of Barbershoppers' annual convention, in the U.K.). It will be strange not competing in the chorus competition, and not having rehearsals all through the week... it will be strange, but nice! Besides the extra free time, it will be strange not having a whole bunch of guys (and their families) to hang out with all week. Another chorus from Ontario (the Capital City Chorus from Ottawa) will be going, and they are good friends of our quartet, but it's still not quite the same.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited about the opportunity to sing at internationals... should be fun.
-KDH
This past weekend my quartet,"Chameleon", qualified to represent Ontario District at the international convention in Nashville, TN this coming July. It's pretty exciting and will me more than a little nerve wracking. I've sung in front of 10,000 people before at these contests, but always with the safety net of a chorus behind me and 8 or 10 other guys singing the same notes that I am singing. This year will be different: I'll be the only person singing my part... and I'll be one of four on stage, not one of 40.
The experience of going to "internationals" will be different on a couple of other fronts too. First, my chorus (TNL) is not going this year (as we decided to take a year off and we are going to the British Association of Barbershoppers' annual convention, in the U.K.). It will be strange not competing in the chorus competition, and not having rehearsals all through the week... it will be strange, but nice! Besides the extra free time, it will be strange not having a whole bunch of guys (and their families) to hang out with all week. Another chorus from Ontario (the Capital City Chorus from Ottawa) will be going, and they are good friends of our quartet, but it's still not quite the same.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited about the opportunity to sing at internationals... should be fun.
-KDH
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