On friday I had one of the best nights Ive had so far this year. It was amazing in the true sense of the word. A couple of weeks ago Alice Russell of Alice Russell fame (and one of the most talented an absolutely lovely people I’ve had the pleasure of coming across) asked me if I, along with the OneTaste Choir would like to take part in her show at The Union Chapel. I said no. I didn’t. I said yes of course. What an opportunity and what an experience. Now, given that I have only ever conducted a choir on two occasions I did not know whether I was good enough for the job and its a pretty big risk to take but there was only one way to find out!
Three rehearsal under our belt and we find ourselves sitting in the pews of the Union Chapel watching Alice Russell and her incredible band bring the whole audience, including us close to tears. I suddenly felt a wave of panic. I got the fear that I didnt know one of the songs well enough even though it was the song we had rehearsed the most, so really I did know it but there it was, irrational fear. Before I had a chance to freak out too much we were all filing onto the stage, Mikey gave us our note on his violin and I felt my arms wave about a bit before the group of ladies and gents standing in front of me started to sing. They were amazing. They looked incredible and they sounded beautiful and I was so proud of us all that I almost cried on stage but I didnt. I had a job to do and I bloody loved it. If you had told me a year ago that I was going to be conducting a choir in front of 800 people on the 21st May I would have told you to sod off. AND I get to do it all again on Tuesday. You should come if you are free. The show is absolutely fantastic and you will love it. I promise.
I think I might be having the time of my life!