Our ward is suffering from a lack of enthusiasm and participation in our ward choir. Our very experienced, talented and creative ward choir director has come up with a great way to have a monthly choir performance in spite of the lack of attendance at weekly choir practice.
Twice in the last two months various ward members have been greeted by the opportunity to take a card from our choir director and participate in a flash mob choir number. The index cards she hands out contain directions for singing one of the hymns in the hymn book as a choir number. Certain verses are to be sung just by men or just by women. Places to sing softer or louder are outlined. The index card is small enough to tuck inside a hymn book for reference while singing.
At the appointed time in the program the director and pianist get up and so does pretty much half the ward! The 'mob' consists of folks from senior primary age on up. The size of the group and the familiarity of the music make up for the lack of practice. Our ward is blessed with quite a few people who have good voices and the ability to read music, but most of them are currently not too excited about weekly choir practice when there isn't a Christmas or Easter program to prepare for. The flash choir gives them a way to bless the ward and gives many others who may never have considered choir a chance to experience the joy of singing.
So far I haven't yet arrived in time to receive a card inviting me to participate, so I've had the pleasure of enjoying listening to the flash mob choir sing.
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