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13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyngaru
By: Jack Date: December 13, 2017, 4:37 pm
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“Mom! I don’t know about this.”
“Edison you promised.”
“I know but I can’t sing all that good.”
“You sing as well as all the other boys who will be trying out.”
“But that’s another thing. You know I don’t like groups.”
“Edison. You promised me you would try.”
“I know. I know. I’ll try. But I still don’t like it.”
Mom is driving us to the City Convention Center where tryouts
for the All Male Choir are being held. There are going to be
three choirs in the Christmas Concert. One of them will be the
Adult Choir and another the girls choir and the one mom is
taking me to try out will be the boys choir. It is for boys
under eighteen. This concert is held every Christmas, and I
have managed never to go hear it, not even once. It is not that
I do not like music or Christmas. Oh no. I like both very
much. What I do not like is large groups of people. I am a
loner. I am shy and a bit of a geek. Everyone knows Geeks do
not like being in large groups, because of how other people see
them. It is no different with me. I get enough grief at
school. So why am I going looking for more grief?
That is easy to answer. Mom. Mom is the reason. I sing around
the house all the time and mom found a way to trick me into
promising to try out for the choir. She extracted that promise
from me last summer. Who would have thought she would still
remember it let alone hold me to it. Yet here I am in the car
almost downtown and to the try outs.
“Name?”
“Edison Tesla Watson”
“Age?”
“Fourteen and a half.”
“Vocal Voice?”
“What?”
“Tenor, Baritone or Bass?”
“I don’t know. I sing high.”
“Tenor it is then.”
The man behind the counter hands me a blue card with the number
twelve on it.
“Go on inside and wait for your number to be called. The boy
sopranos will be trying out first then tenors and then baritones
and lastly basses.”
Mom and I walk into the large auditorium where a man directs me
off to one side to where the other tenors are sitting and sends
mom to where the parents are sitting. I find a seat with the
other boys already there, but not to close. I can hear them
talking but not so close they will start a conversation with me.
Below us on the stage is a boy of about nine years old
screeching something awful.
“Heck, that kid couldn’t wipe Ignacio’s butt with a voice that
shrill.”
“Ya, he ain’t even going to make the choir, let alone Ignacio’s
back up.”
Hearing them talking, I begin to giggle, because I have never
heard of a boy with a sillier name than mine.
“What you giggling at?”
“Hey you. I’m talking to you.”
“Who me?”
“Ya. You. What you giggling at.”
“That name someone said.”
“What name?”
“Ignacio.”
“Just be glad you’re a tenor and don’t have to compete with
him.”
“Ya, he’s sang the solo in the Christmas concert for the last
three years.”
“Ya, but this is probably his last year.”
“Why’s that?” I ask, to no one in particular.
“Because he’s twelve and I heard his balls dropped. No more
singing like a girl for him.”
“Ya, he’ll be lucky if his voice don’t break before the
concert.”
“Yep, that’s why they’re trying out boys to replace him if it
does break.”
“Look down there. See that blond headed boy sitting with the
adults.”
“Ya.”
“That’s Ignacio.”
The shrieking boy stops singing and another number is called and
yet another boy goes up on the stage to sing. He actually
sounds really good. He is hitting all the high notes and has
nice quality to his voice. Not shrill, like the last boy.
“That’s Flynn. He’s eleven and was Ignacio’s back up last
year.”
“Ya, I hear from my little brother that saw him in the showers
at school, that his balls dropped three months ago.”
Sure enough when Flynn went for the high notes his voice
c-r-a-c-k-e-d. He stopped singing and looked at a guy with a
beard, who told him to try again. Then the director guy with
the beard turned to Ignacio and said something. Flynn started
over and this time, made it through the high notes.
“To bad about Flynn.”
“Ya. They might let him have one of the five soprano spots, but
no way will he be Ignacio’s backup this year.”
“Why. Just because his voice broke that one time.” I ask
surprised.
“Exactly. The soloist can’t break. He has to be perfect.”
“Ya. Can you imagine what would happen if he c-r-a-c-k-e-d
during the solo?”
I saw Flynn walking off the stage and I am sure I saw tears in
his eyes. I cannot be sure from this distance, but it sure
looked like his eyes were wet.
“Okay. Trebles. Thank you for trying out. We will be letting
you know the results in a couple days. You may stay and watch
if you wish or go home. Tenors, you are up. Number one, make
your way to the stage please and number two, move down to be
ready when he is finished.”
Numbers one, two, three, four and five all sing and they sound
pretty good. They have high voices, but different from the
little soprano boys who sang before them. There is a different
quality in their voices. What bothers me, is that I know, I
sound more like the little boys than the teenagers that are
singing now. One after the other they each get to sing and now
it is my turn to move down and get ready. Number eleven did not
sound so good. I just hope I can sing lower like these boys.
I’m not used to singing this low.
I go up on stage and the piano player begins and I start
singing. It just does not feel right. I try my best but I can
see the director shaking his head. Then from up in the audience
I hear the one thing I definitely did not want to hear.
“Stop! Stop! You have it all wrong. That’s way to low for
him.”
“Ma’am? Who are you?” The director asks, somewhat perturbed.
“I am Marjorie Watson and that is my son Edison. You have him
singing the wrong part. He sings much higher than that.”
“Mrs. Watson, I assure you that a fourteen year old isn’t able
to sing higher than what we have set for him. Even this tests a
tenors range to the maximum.”
“I don’t know what a tenor is or what they sing, I just know my
son sings much higher than that. Even the song you had those
little boys is a little low for Edison.”
“Mrs. Watson. Those little boys were trebles. Natural boy
sopranos. Only boys before the onset of puberty can sing in
that range and with that particular sound to their voices.”
“Sir. I don’t know anything about all of that, but I know what
my son can sing and he can sing the song you gave the little
boys. Let him show you.”
“Number twelve, I mean Edison, sorry. Do you think you can sing
the other song?”
“Yes sir.”
“I doubt it, but no harm in letting you give it a try. Maxwell,
play the soprano part for him.”
This time when I sang it felt so much better. It is still a
little low for me, but much better than that tenor stuff. I see
the director watching and listening to me with a smile on his
face, so I must be sounding better.
“That was good Edison. You can go now, and I’ll let you know in
a couple days if you made it or not.”
“Sir. I can do it better. It’s just the piano is messing me
up. He is playing it too low. May I sing it once without the
piano?”
“A cappella?”
“I don’t know what that means.”
“It means without music.”
“Yes sir. A cappella then.”
“Go ahead. Let’s see what you got.”
I sing the song my way, so that I can go as high as I want to
with the high notes. As I am singing I see the weirdest look on
the director’s face and total shock mixed with fear on Ignacio’s
face. But for me, I am in heaven, letting my voice go like I
like to sing. When I finish there is dead silence in the
auditorium for a few minutes and then applause breaks out from
all over the room.
“My boy. You are a high Treble. How can that be? Your card
says you are fourteen. Actually it says you are fourteen and a
half.”
“I don’t know anything about all of that, I just know that is
how I sing.”
“Have you had lessons? Singing lessons?”
“No sir. I just sing at home.”
“Okay! Mrs. Watson. Your son is special. I mean really
special.”
“I know! I tried to tell you.”
“Yes! Yes! But what we need to do now is have Edison checked
over by a doctor and then get him in lessons to train his voice
for control.”
Mom and I look at each other in confusion.
“Ignacio. We have found your back up if everything checks out.”
“Edison. Can you come back in about two hours? I can have a
doctor here to look you over and a voice coach to hear you.”
Looking down at the director, I see Ignacio looking at me with
what can only be called contempt. I mean he looks mad, sour and
evil all at the same time. Before I can say anything mom jumps
into the conversation.
“Yes Mr. Director, Edison will be back here in two hours.”
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: David M. Katz Date: December 13, 2017, 11:07 pm
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I think Iggy feels threatened.
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: Zyngaru Date: December 14, 2017, 12:30 am
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The missing words:
His voice c r a c k e d.
if he c r a c k e d during the solo.
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: David M. Katz Date: December 14, 2017, 12:31 am
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[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=246.msg2207#msg2207
date=1513233000]
The missing words:
His voice c r a c k e d.
if he c r a c k e d during the solo.
[/quote]
I will edit them in to the story for you.
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: db105 Date: December 14, 2017, 2:44 am
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Very good beginning. It's always nice rooting for the underdog,
in this case the boy without any training who just is a natural.
I guess Edison has not begun puberty yet. I wonder when and how
a spanking will come into it, though.
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: Zyngaru Date: December 14, 2017, 9:22 am
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[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=246.msg2208#msg2208
date=1513233077]
[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=246.msg2207#msg2207
date=1513233000]
The missing words:
His voice c r a c k e d.
if he c r a c k e d during the solo.
[/quote]
I will edit them in to the story for you.
[/quote]
Dave. Thanks. It's the forum. I wouldn't have thought c r a c
k e d would have been a nasty word. ;D ;D ;D
I can only think about how many **** words are going to be in
the other 4 parts. ;D ;D
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: Zyngaru Date: December 14, 2017, 1:05 pm
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[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=246.msg2214#msg2214
date=1513264922]
[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=246.msg2208#msg2208
date=1513233077]
[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=246.msg2207#msg2207
date=1513233000]
The missing words:
His voice c r a c k e d.
if he c r a c k e d during the solo.
[/quote]
I will edit them in to the story for you.
[/quote]
Dave. Thanks. It's the forum. I wouldn't have thought c r a c
k e d would have been a nasty word. ;D ;D ;D
I can only think about how many **** words are going to be in
the other 4 parts. ;D ;D
[/quote]
I just did a test on part 5, which I haven't sent to Jack yet.
Still going over it. Nothing in it should get the ****.
I found that n-u-d-e will get **** but naked is okay.
p-e-n-i-s of course is a no-no. I am pretty sure I used
p-e-n-i-s in at least one of the parts. I know in part 5 I used
boyhood.
I am pretty sure I used c-r-a-c-k-e-d in other parts. I guess I
should have used broke. In case his voice breaks instead of in
case his voice c-r-a-c-k-s.
From this point on, I am going to test BOTD's before submitting
them, to get rid of the ****.
Actually I think I will "preview" all comments and posts before
posting them, so as to not have the dreaded **** 's.
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: db105 Date: December 14, 2017, 1:57 pm
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The anti-swearing system of the forum is not all it's
c_r_a_c_k_e_d up to be.
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: kalico Date: December 28, 2017, 4:32 pm
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I'm really enjoying this one so far.....can't wait to see the
outcome
Thanks for sharing
Hugs kal
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Re: 13 December 2017 - All-City Christmas Concert part 1 by Zyng
aru
By: Adric Date: July 7, 2019, 2:59 pm
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[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=246.msg2215#msg2215
date=1513278356]
[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=246.msg2214#msg2214
date=1513264922]
[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=246.msg2208#msg2208
date=1513233077]
[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=246.msg2207#msg2207
date=1513233000]
The missing words:
His voice c‍r‍a‍c‍k‍e‍d.
if he c‍r‍a‍c‍k‍e‍d during
the solo.
[/quote]
I will edit them in to the story for you.
[/quote]
Dave. Thanks. It's the forum. I wouldn't have thought
c‍r‍a‍c‍k‍e‍d would have
been a nasty word. ;D ;D ;D
I can only think about how many **** words are going to be in
the other 4 parts. ;D ;D
[/quote]
I just did a test on part 5, which I haven't sent to Jack yet.
Still going over it. Nothing in it should get the ****.
I found that n‍u‍d‍e will get **** but naked
is okay.
p‍e‍n‍i‍s of course is a no-no. I am
pretty sure I used p‍e‍n‍i‍s in at least
one of the parts. I know in part 5 I used boyhood.
I am pretty sure I used
c‍r‍a‍c‍k‍e‍d in other
parts. I guess I should have used broke. In case his voice
breaks instead of in case his voice cracks.
From this point on, I am going to test BOTD's before submitting
them, to get rid of the ****.
Actually I think I will "preview" all comments and posts before
posting them, so as to not have the dreaded **** 's.
[/quote]
I think it's all a matter of how you say it. Strangely though,
I don't know a vulgar meaning for
c‍r‍a‍c‍k‍e‍d.
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