Pride Time

Welp, it’s that time of year. Time when all the homos don their gay apparel (or lack thereof) and celebrate their Pride with parades and concerts and sexapaloozas.

As such, this week I am inundated with rehearsals for the Twin Cities gay men’s chorus big gay pride concert.  Which is this weekend (officially a week before Pride weekend and the kickoff to all the festivities).

Our show is entitled “Popular!  A Broadway Cabaret” and it’s pretty much exactly how it sounds. The stage will be broken up a bit with platforms and performance areas, and there will be cabaret tables up near the stage, etc. we also have a pre-show of soloists doing cabaret numbers before the show ever starts. 

So that’s different at least.

Overall, I like the music much better than the Beatles repertoire. At least there are some complex harmonies and good arrangements in this concert. I’m particularly fond of “Oh What a Beautiful Morning”, “Being Alive”, “Summertime”, and “Not My Father’s Son”.  They are all really well arranged for men’s voices.

But I’m mostly just bored with the music. 

I think I have officially reached my burnout threshold. I’m finishing up with the chorus as I am also doing outdoor band concerts. The rehearsals and gigs are really fucking with my free time and summer activities, so I’m getting grumpy. 

Starting tonight, I will be singing for the next 5 evenings straight. Plus my dad and his new girlfriend are coming for a visit and to see the concert so, there’s a bit of added stress. 

Sunday cannot get here soon enough.