Chamber Chorus

Leave it to my eighth grader, who seems to take any addition to his already jam packed schedule with grace and enthusiasm.

Let's recall that he attends chorus rehearsal every other day during lunch, because there's no other time slot for it, and they don't "do" chorus before or after school. So they show up at the music room, sing for 20 minutes, and then go to the lunch room and eat for 20 minutes.

This year they're making a select group called the chamber chorus. Wonder Boy tried out and made the cut. What does this mean? The chamber group will spend the entire period in the music room every other day...20 minutes rehearsing for each group. When do they eat? They have special permission to somehow chow down while they're singing during the first 20 minutes.

I'm wondering whether a video of this process will make it onto YouTube, and I hope that the teacher knows the Heimlich maneuver. One of those poor kids is going to be choking on food, or choking on syllables. Still, my son describes this new system with a smile on his face. First day is tomorrow.