We have been to Canberra as a choir a few times now to perform informally in street shows. Outdoors is not the ideal place to sing unplugged a capella, and is positively difficult when competing with ambient sound from crowds, street markets and fellow itinerant performers. And folks who are plugged in in nearby venues! But it's better than nothing and we get a free weekend pass for two sets of 40 minutes. Pretty generous really.
This year was a little different though, as we also entered a Motown competition, blessedly, an indoors event. Mikes, lights, techies everywhere. What's more, we qualified from our heat to reach the final 10. I think that is remarkable for an unauditioned amateur choir like Crowd Around and especially since our competition was largely professional musicians. We didn't win the final but I am posting the performance as I think it shows the discipline that(almost all) the choir exhibited. There is a short intro by our choir director, Kate, prior to our singing Smokey Robinson's Tracks of My Tears. My son, Tom, makes a tiny cameo right at the end from stage left.
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