Bravely said, Morwen (15 Jul 12 - 07:08 PM). We do not expect you to be a full professional by Aug. 12, but you will have learned a lot, if you keep listening to your results and asking yourself (and others) "Would I like this if it were from a stranger who charges an entrance fee?"

As said before, professional advice is very useful. What 999 wrote above.

I am not such a singing teacher (though proud owner of a choirmaster diploma), but for what it's worth, I can give you three more pieces of advice:
a) smile whenever adequate, while singing and while talking to other people (practise with a mirror),
b) try to involve your friends, e.g. to hold the camera, and watch their reactions carefully,
c) allow everything its time, including your posts to Mudcat, until you are reasonably sure to achieve the effect you want.

Now we're looking forward to Aug. 12. —

Blandiver: Morwen has started a separate thread about the operetta as such, where I did not contribute. We all know that better music and plays exist, and that human relationship has more aspects than reflected in this song, but if it catches Morwen's imagination, I do not see any urgent reason to object. A wonderful property of dreams is that they change from time to time.