Love Rock Choir. detest "dance moves"

It is great fun, Frogs. Our motto is 'Sing like no-one is listening'! We are even singing at the Cornbury music festival in July alongside acts such as James Blunt, Ronan Keating and Jools Holland!

I saw The Tuneless choir on TV - I agree it looked great fun. I was tempted to try that too, but am a dedicated Rock choir member. There’s room for every choir ?.

Never been to a Rock Choir but I would recommend Tuneless choirs. There are about 30 or so dotted around the country. If there isn't one near you there is also a Virtual session every Tuesday evening. We sing songs from the 60s onwards and you don't have to learn the words as they are projected on to a screen. It's for people of any singing ability and you can sing to your heart's content . People can jig along to the music or not, whatever you prefer. Have been going to my local one since it started 3 years ago and it's great fun. Obviously we didn't meet during lockdown but it continued on Zoom for those who wanted.

I agree with Frogs. I’ve been a Rockie for 12 years and the moves are part of the appeal of the choir for me. Music makes me move so I’m happy to be given choreography. Sometimes it’s challenging to learn but it’s satisfying when learnt and it looks good if the moves are crisp, We watch our leader all the time , who gives us cues for both the lyrics and the choreography. Yes, the moves have been simplified in recent years due to complaints about them being too complicated. I think that’s a shame.

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I enjoy watching the dance moves because it makes a concert into a performance. So many choirs sing well, but are as dull as ditch water to watch; some members rock back and forth, too many look down, don't project and lack animation.
In the concert I watched recently, every one was completely in time and everyone looked as though they were enjoying themselves, which makes it a pleasure for the audience.

If they rock back and forth, look down and so on they are not being properly trained. A choir can sing well, stand still and their faces can be animated - they should be looking at the conductor.

The choirs I sang in tended to do Bach, Mozart, Britten, so jigging about was not part of our performances. The only time I was asked to move was when we sang some happy-clappy hymns for a visiting celebrity. I suspect I was not very good at it.

Conversely, I once started group ukulele lessons where, to my horror, we not only had to learn the chords we also had to sing! I cannot sing so never went back.

I enjoy watching the dance moves because it makes a concert into a performance. So many choirs sing well, but are as dull as ditch water to watch; some members rock back and forth, too many look down, don't project and lack animation.
In the concert I watched recently, every one was completely in time and everyone looked as though they were enjoying themselves, which makes it a pleasure for the audience.

I’ve been in Rock choir for 11 years. I enjoy the moves and it was one of the reasons me and other fellow Rockies joined up. I am sad to report that the moves have been dumbed down for the last couple of years. I think people groan when moves are mentioned as its part of the camaraderie feeling but we always groan with a smile and we all enjoy them once they’ve been mastered. I find it difficult to sing the song without doing the moves as well. ?
But as I say the moves have really been watered down to swaying, clicking and clapping here and there, really boring for me and the audience in my opinion.
So if you can cope with a bit of swaying and clicking it may be safe for you to return now.

Hi Mumski I sing in Rock Choir and in my group a lot of us do exactly the same when it comes to the dance moves (grimace and whisper a moan) I can't sing and make moves at the same time so I mainly hide in the back at public gigs. But I guess a wooden "standing still" performance when you're singing something like "Footloose" would seem a bit strange...

Also some people really go for it and seem to enjoy the moves.

The many choirs I have sung in over the years tends to ask for feedback as to what we like (e.g. which songs) but not one has ever asked what we don't like! So people (like you) vote with their feet.

I used to sing in a Choral Society and I loved the discipline of it - would hate one where have to do swaying and such- I'm too self conscious for that.