I took a
career break to reassess my attitude to the business. I have just got out of rehab (Hollywood actors always
talk about “making the right career choices” as if they chose their roles
instead of being chosen for them.)
I hope it
keeps fine for you. Break a
leg!
introduces
some bold new elements
changes the story out of all recognition (Nancy Banks Smith)
novelty comedy as in novelty record
showmanship grandstanding, showing off,
embarrassing pantomime, gurning, mugging
inclusive including the untalented
anarchic word people always use about “community” choirs. Perhaps they mean
“a bit more democratic than” and “apparently not so rigidly disciplined as” a
traditional choir. It’s slightly
distancing, slightly sneering, slightly self-protective.
the excesses of the cantors code for the augmented second. | 
