‘Happy Birthday Irene’ by Heather
Ingredients
1 ‘big’ birthday
1 vision
25-30 women (+ 1 man, optional)
1 assistant musical director
1 piece of sheet music
5 teach tracks
A very large pinch of singing ability
Some technical know-how
Lots of courage
Countless hours
Unlimited smiles
Boundless love
Method
Realise the ‘big’ birthday is less than a week away!
Take the vision and share it with the 25-30 women and 1 man.
When they’ve ‘caught it’, send out the music and teach tracks to each singer.
Mix with the singing ability technical advice; add in the courage.
Collect individual singing tapes from each singer.
‘Mix’ long and hard – over two days!
‘Meet’ with everyone and record smiles to add to the mix.
Send out the resulting video to all participants and collect feedback.
Share the video with the one whose ‘big’ birthday it is.
Bask in the knowledge that Mersey Harmony’s love is very present and very much appreciated!
Thank you, Marianne, for inspiring us to meet this challenge, make someone’s big day even more special and learn a new skill!
Heather x
p.s. You can have a listen to us singing happy birthday remotely here.
Love this, Heather thank you! It was such an interesting project to do! You really do have to get used to hearing your own voice back on recording…!
The recipe & the method are so meaningful. The finished product amazing!
Yes, and warm up the voice before having several tries to get the one you are happy with. All worth it though!
Well written and explained Heather, It was such a fun project – everyone enjoyed taking part. Of course, many thanks to Marianne without whom it would not have been possible
Well done all you bloggers. Love the recipe Heather – can we patent it🎁🎤🍰 Lyn