Fancy That!

The battle was ON Monday night with the Clash of the Choirs on NBC! Why weren't any of the celebs from my town? I could've helped them w/ alto or a soprano part! The top two choirs for me were Kelly Rowland's group and Patti LaBelle's wild bunch. Wow! I was so impressed by Patti LaBelle. She is so genuine and a natural director. She seemed to be ready to direct, and had a great song choice. Who would've guess that the choir would rock the house with "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands". When the parts were broken up and sung hitting me right between the eyes - I was Hooked!! Then, they added in "I Put It All In His Hands" and the roof came off the place! Print the sheet music up, girl, that was HOT!!! Thanks NBC for the praise party. It's about time the world got a view of what it's like to have some church - up in there. You could tell the ladies featured in the duet were feelin' the spirit, and shouting Hallelujah!

I noticed the directors were very very nice to each other with comments this first night. No "Simon Cowells" among the group to gripe or advise. They are accomplished artists, and I'm sure they don't like it when someone would criticize ANYTHING they are doing. Bottom of my list was Michael Bolton's group because it didn't bring out the SATB parts very well. That's not saying the soloist wasn't ON with his raspy edgy voice. He was a good choice.

Nick Lachey took a big chance with his song, "Unwritten". It was difficult because of the rhythms, if you don't keep on top and ahead of each phrase, it's easy to get behind the beat. He had a good group with some strong women soloists. Cincinnati has movers and shakers!

I was proud of Blake Shelton for pursuing the troops to be part of his choir in Oklahoma City. Why he didn't include the choir director he questioned for advice, is beyond me. I cannot believe he doesn't know how to read music. How can he lead a choir? Can he hear the parts? There must have been a pianist provided to play all the parts for everyone. This IS a national show we're watching. Let me guess there were special split tracks w/ part tapes produced for each choir also. NBC had to spend money somewhere since there weren't any actors to pay. Blake's choir soloists were good and adventurous with some of their ad libs.

Kelly Rowland had Houston dancing with attitude. It helps to wear red when you go to war! The tenors were very strong; maybe they were the first of her secret weapons ready to be released. I can't wait!