>>>>>>(ok, preaching to the quire here
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>>>>You're preaching to a stack of paper?
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>Actually, "quire" is an alternative, if archaic, spelling for "choir". In fact, the choir in which I perform is called:
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>>>Hullabaloo Community Quire
>>>
>>>http://www.hullabaloobrighton.org.uk/
>>>
>>>And, Dragan, you don't have to get religion to be in a choir.
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>>No, but which part of "preaching" is secular?
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>Sure. Mums preach to their kids all the time. I do to mine, eg about not flushing the toilet, or leaving their room lights on wehn they're not there, or leaving my 'puter on and the broadband router when they're watching a movie (mind you. they're converted on consewrvation now and are pretty good at this)
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>>Anyway, I'd need to believe that my voice was uplifted to bearable levels. I know I don't like it when I try to sing. I went to about four or five rehearsals while in high school, and was sent out for good (as a comfort, I wasn't the only one).
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>You look like you could do a Joe Cocker.

Ech. If it weren't for Leon Russell, nobody ever would have heard of Joe Cocker.