Tonight I’m supposed to sing Messiah in a glorious venue. It’s THE feel good event of my year. And where am I? In my house. Because I’m sick. Rant to follow.
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So yeah. I started feeling cold symptoms on Tuesday. I thought I could manage to Payday, then start mainlining the Tussin. But then I woke up today. Stuffy and runny nose at the same time, phlegm cough that hurts just a tiny tiny bit, but the worst. It felt like a fever coming on. Plodding around, the mental fog, the usual. My voice is OK, but it’s not the Before Times where I could show up with a cold and sing my best and everything would be all right.
Nope, we live in These Times, and even singing while masked I wouldn’t take that risk. I have tested NEGATIVE, but still. A normal cold for me always floored my mom and my sister (people who I was in closest contact to).
So here I am, too sick to perform, even though my voice is OK, because this is the “New Normal”. I know I’m doing the right thing, but I’m still sad and frustrated.
Why?
Because the Messiah of the Apollo Chorus of Chicago is a tradition dating to 1879. We perform the ENTIRE oratorio, unlike some places. And we have learned almost half the choruses by heart. We bring our audience on this journey, and there is never a dry eye in the house. You have never felt all the emotions the word “Amen” can bring until you’ve heard us sing the final “Amen” in Messiah.
So, yeah.
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