2007-07-26

next steps at xlerex @ 5:01 p.m.

1) Would I stay or go as far as the women�s chorus was concerned? He wants to keep the heights of quality we attained this past year, but if the other key voices on the other parts don�t stay, then the point is moot. So I told him I would if they would.

2) He�d noticed from time to time that I wasn�t singing in rehearsal. Why? Because I was doing what we call �marking� which is barely singing to save the voice but still get the experience needed from rehearsal. Why, he asked? Because I don�t get into vocal fights. With the two blasting away behind me and the evil twins in front of me often giving me the eye when I was �too loud� or god forbid, missed a note, it was just easier. Which led him to number 3

3) Yes, I will be full time next season. And Biddy #1 (the best buddy of Biddy #2 whom I�m replacing as full time staff) is a total busybody. Wants to know everything and thinks it�s her business to know all. But she asks him what�s going on and he is simply an impenetrable wall of geniality. Meanwhile, Biddy #2�s figured it out and rants probably, leading Biddy #1 to be snippy with me. Which led him to #4

4) He is very aware of the evilness that�s been going on. He has no idea why Biddy #1 has such distaste for me, other than the loyalty to Biddy #2. But he admires the way I�ve handled it. Speaking of which�

5) While it is often very clear (�You know it and I know it�) that I may be the best voice for a solo, there is much to consider when that happens. Mainly the choral balance with the voices when a hole is left by the missing voice, but also the whole people managing thing. I apologized for the one tiny tantrum I threw, he said it was fine because I was a paragon of good behavior when that Sunday rolled around. If I�d not been �then we would have had to have had a discussion.� [insert wall of geniality look from him here] But I told him that I totally got it, just was a) having an already horrendous day and b) it was the only solo I�d ever asked him for and it was the proverbial straw.

So. Onward.