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  Tim Tyckoson
• Last Online: Apr 14 2008
Discussion Started on Mar 18 2008 at 12:09:15 am
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Oh, goodness. Where to begin?  My wife Gina needed to add something else into her schedule like she needed a hole in her head, but she joined for the first SingLiveUSA performance January 2007. She had asked me to join but I came up with excuses not to. The effect it had on her was contagious. She came home from rehearsals excited, exhilerated, bubbly with the SingLive experience. After seeing the first performance and attending the after-show party, I joined, too, because I wanted the same energy that Gina had gotten from the music, performing, and the new friends she had gained. I met people who were from different parts of town and worked totally different fields from me. The only common link for us was an interest in music. We slowly went from guys and girls that sang together once in a while to friends, sharing a drink or extending a conversation long after 10:00 on Tuesday or Thursday night. All these people joining in voice to create more than just music, but really magic.
When I tried out for a solo part, really the challenge for me was the audition. Whether or not I actually got a part did not matter. I wanted to step out of my comfort zone. John talks about the comfort zone and we all experience it. It's easy to sing with the other basses and tenors and altos nearby in First Baptist Orlando. But once I'm standing on stage behind the curtain at the Chapin theatre and the orchestra begins playing, I know that curtain is going to rise soon. There is a feeling of giddy anticipation, of nervous excitement, of "what did I get myself into" dread. As the curtain rises, the fears subside. All that's left is the excitement, the adrenalin, the rush of hearing yourself and everyone you've worked with over the last three months sing. As the performance continues, I hear my friends take their turn for a solo or ensemble part and I rejoice at how good they sound... and that it's not me.
Some say John Morris has brought us all a great gift in this music. Really he has brought us nothing, the music was always inside, John helped us find the music within ourselves. Thank you John for that.
As for Gina and me, we use Singlive as another excuse to spend more time together, doing something we both enjoy. We think and dream that in the future we will audition for a duet we can sing at a performance. Whether or not that happens, we know there are 200 others in central Florida, our SingLive family, whom we will support and proudly stand beside at the next performance.
Thank you everyone.   
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  Mary/Chick Singa
• Last Online: Oct 26 2011
Discussion Started on Mar 19 2008 at 01:33:45 pm
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When I first met John, I would come home on a natural high, and had trouble even going to sleep at night. I would talk Bill's ear off about John Morris, Sing Live and all the wonderful people involved. To me, John was the real thing, he had it all, a passion to pull out of each individual the best that person had to give, to be a part of something so big they couldn't, wouldn't ever even think could be possible. That's the dream. Most of us hide inside of ourselves, trying to stay safe because of the limitations that have been put on us by the world or we have put on ourselves. Sing Live is not just about singing, it's about believing in yourself and being open to the possibilities life has to offer and John Morris leads you on that journey of possibilities. You walk out of the experience a better, new improved version of yourself. Maybe you gain a higher self esteem, maybe it's a new confidence you never had, maybe it's making new friends, what ever it is you walk away holding your head a little higher with a smile on your face. You've experienced a natural high, a chance to be part of something that was so much bigger than you could imagine.

Thank you to John & Linda for their dream, their passion. Thank you to Jeri, Kevin, Dirk, Derric Johnson, Betty, & David for their expertise, never ending encouragement, and for creating a big family community. If your having a bad day and you come to a Sing Live rehearsal you walk away feeling good about yourself with a smile on your face! That is the gift of Sing Live! Thank you, thank you and more thank you's!

Mary Shafer

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