I feel like today was my first day back at school after the holiday break. I am not in school, however, I am in our local Community Chamber Singers Choir and rehearsals started back up again tonight.
It was a trip to be back. Everyone was really goofy - you could tell we were all happy to be together again and singing.
Mick, the director, asked us all to introduce ourselves since there were a few new people who joined since last "semester." The first guy started with his name and tacked on "and I don't know how I got here." Everyone laughed - he's a bit of a jester anyway. The next guy gives his name & says "and I was invited to come join the choir." There was a humorous "ooh" as the first guy blushed a bit. The next person went on to say his name and how he's been in the choir since it started 20 years ago. And the next person shared how it was because of someone else in the choir he joined. And so on. We went around the whole room - relatively briefly sharing how we got into this choir. Some were brand new and just happened to hear a performance & decide to join. Most, by far, had been invited or encouraged by someone else in the choir. It was like people-BINGO.
After we got done w/ everyone - and by this time probably 20 minutes had passed - Mick, stifling a grin, said, "well, I don't remember asking you all to share how you got in the choir, but it was interesting," and then cracked up. Oops. Guess we were all either a) not paying full attention when he asked us to briefly introduce ourselves, b) overly eager to share a bit about ourselves and make connections with others, or c) both of the above.
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