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December 2008 InCider Press Page 5 |
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Since the end of October and competition, Late Night Edition hasn’t been too active. We have enjoyed getting together and singing on Thursday nights and we run through the music we have worked on. We had one performance for Youth for Christ on a Thursday night. The performance went well and we were well received. We have also worked on a few Christmas songs but our performance fell through. Our goals now are to prepare contest pieces, expand our repertoire and continue to get a better cohesiveness in our sound ♪ |
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Late Night Edition belting one out. From the left are Brian Swenson, Brian Arthaud-Day, Tom Fish and Travis Troyer. Photo by John Thomason |
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Late Night Edition notes by Travis Troyer |
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We have utilized a vest under our tuxedo coats or as a decorative feature of it’s own in our Little Apple Chorus. It is easy (and cheaper) to create a colorful, change of appearance with a vest while keeping the traditional black and white of the tux and shirt. You may (or may not) be interested in a brief history of the vest. The vest came to be on October 7, 1666. This date was dutifully recorded by a secretary to Charles II of England that first wore a black vest with a white satin lining under his coat. It is thought that the vest was adapted, shortened and styled from longer military coats of the time. Immediately, everyone started to emulate the king and wore vests. Most people think that Charles objective was to ridicule the ostentations clothing of the French aristocracy of the time by creating a simple English sensible appearance. For a time, black vests were the style but in Victorian times vests began be created in various decorative fabrics and became part of the English style ‘suit’ for hundreds of years-either in matching fabrics or contrasting fabrics to the coat and pants. Up until 1750 or so vests had sleeves but then they started to be made sleeveless. About the time of WWII, vests began to decline in popularity thought to be due to central heating and the increasing popularity of the sweater for warmth. They remain today usually as a brightly colored emphasis in formal attire. It is tradition that the bottom button of the vest is never buttoned! King Edward VII (also known as ‘Bertie’), the son of Queen Victoria, was so fat that he couldn’t stretch his vest to button the bottom button. Of course, no one wanted to make the King feel awkward so everyone started leaving the unbuttoned bottom button and the tradition still remains today. |
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Vests and Why We Wear Them (And Why We Don’t Button the Bottom Button)’ By Chuck Marr |
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It's a romantic full moon, when Pedro said, "Hey, mamacita, let's do Weeweechu." “Oh no, not now, let's look at the moon!" said Rosita. “Oh, c'mon baby, let's you and I do Weeweechu. I love you and it's the perfect time," Pedro begged. "But I wanna just hold your hand and watch the moon." replied Rosita. Please, corazoncito, just once, do Weeweechu with me." Rosita looked at Pedro and said, "OK, one time, we'll do Weeweechu." Pedro grabbed his guitar and they both sang "Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year." MERRY CHRISTMAS |
