Zoom rehearsals for The Bridge Singers continued until mid-May 2021. It really is not the best way to sing together, mostly because of the delay as I’ve described before, but also because “it” only lets through so many voices at any one time, so those with the loudest voices, or those who have better microphones or those who sit closest to their microphones always cut through. So we always started our Zoom rehearsals with an “all mics open” sing of something that was musically disastrous, but cheered us up no end with the ridiculousness of it. Then it was “mute all” except me. They would learn stuff from me singing and playing, then they’d singing along to a finished recording that Jamie and I would have put together, then it would by “un-mute  all” and we’d have a merry chat as everyone slowly departed. Our last big Zoom event was at the end of March when we had a live Zoom concert to launch what so far has been our last lockdown video. The entire story of the evening is here: The Bridge Singers’ Video Launch Live “Concert” March 29th 2021 – Cheryl Camm – Composer

If you just want to watch the new video, it’s here, but having just had another look at all the clips from the Zoom concert on the blog above, they really do a fuller idea of what it was like during those Zoom months. Of course, all that may yet return, and I dare say we’ll tackle it in the same positive spirit as before. If you want to watch and hear our “The Way Old Friends Do” video, you can do so here!