Went down to church this morning through an ice storm. It looked like we had one choir director and two members in the choir. (Practice and explanations begin 30 minutes before the service.) Two minutes before mass begins, in marches a twenty-something who can't be bothered.
She sings cutely - she coos, she croons, she swoops. It sounds like she is singing for three-year-olds. It's impossible to blend with her, of course. For some reason, singers like her particularly like to put special effects on words that begin with L. Today I realized that I should simply not sing any emphasized words that begin with L and just let her have at it.
She's good and loud.
I suppose the real reason it irritates me is that it is so egoistic. We are supposed to be worshipping together, all of us equals and all of us contemplating the words, and she is singing in a way that says "Notice me! I'm an entertainer! Ain't I precious?"
Hey, if anybody reading this sings this way -- QUIT IT.