Haha. At the end of the video when she sees her Mom, I thought to myself 'Ugh, I hate it when I can see people I know in the audience. Now I'm gonna mess up!"
Was the choir singing "In the Still of the Night" supposed to be off beat and bad to make Whoopi's crew look much better? The dude on the left wasn't even snapping his fingers to the beat. Haha
"my mother use to say nothing is impossible if you always carry with you a little bit of faith and a big roll of electical tape- HELLO!" i love the nun!
naaaah drkknight85... th conductor is th most important person in a choir, she/ he keeps th rythumm and the song in time so it dusnt qo too fast or slow.. he, she controlls th whole choir while singing.... hehe..
Whoopi's line there? "If every time something new comes along and you go 'Ooh, something new, better run away', ya'll gonna be running, for the rest of your lives." That, has been precious to me since I was young, and I've told it to so many of my friends. Thanks for posting this, and my gratitude to the writer of this script.
@mandyraz Two lines that always inspired me was "if you wake up in the morning and all you can think about is singing, than you're supposed to be a singer, girl." It always encouraged me to follow my dreams, whatever they are. The 2nd is obviously "if you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you betta wake up and pay attention!"
well, according to the plot, do you think those kids could've been as good as they were without sister mary clarence's leadership? the conductor is the figure head, the leadership, and without he/she, the whole project falls apart. primarily the leader is up there for moral support of the choir.
6:16 the guy in the front on the far left CANNOT find the beat to save his life!!!! he is soooo off rythm!!!.....and the guy behind him cant get it together either!!!!!
the conductor is there because if the choir starts to mess up they can conduct them back. the hands are to keep the beat and rhythm and show when they need to sing louder or quieter. as well as faster or slower.
i just dont understand whats the point of a conductor in a singing group. what do the waving of the hands mean. do they help the singers so they dont forget the words. someone know please do tell
Their hands keep the time, thus keeping the choir in sync with one another. If their hands move slowly, their singers should slow down, if they are fast, they speed up. Sometimes the conductor is mouthing the lyrics so they don't forget. And they cue the next person to sing etc. As you can see, Whoopi is doing the dance moves also, in case they forget.
@CookieFridays while you are correct, professionals do not mimic the dance moves OR mouth the words. They keep time, and (as you said) cue the singers at the appropriate time. It also is so that the singers know when beat 1 is. That is usually where the emphasis is in the meter.Also, they conduct in order to crescendo or de-crescendo. While a choir CAN sing songs with out a conductor it is better to have one as it ties everyone together and (ideally) keeps everyone on the same page.
@krimskrams well hey, I do like the movie... so I am biased towards whoppie's choir. and obviously it's a movie so they all sounded good. BUT I've heard and been in some smashing choirs(high school choir->uil winners for 10 years, not me.. just for high school years. And I was in a State Choir for a few years. We also had competitions across the usa, and over seas where we beat out competition.); so I ted to be a bit of a critic when it comes to choirs; no harm meant by it. :)
@lauallred i didn't question you're liking the movie or not, i know it's fake, but i was just wondering how an experienced singer as yourself felt about the other choirs since i found the other contestants to be great as well. further i find it amazing that anyone would participate in something that might portray them as second runner-up. i kinda feel like it's the fat chicks in married with children that have to endure the abuse or something of the sort. anway, my respects :)
The conductor help keeps time so the choir stays on rhythm and gives the choir hints to be louder or softer to make the songs more interesting and they also sometimes mouth the words so people wont mix the words up.
@drkknight85 Also, conductors help with the volume. Conducting with larger gestures means be louder while smaller gestures are quieter. It's sort of like a manual for how the singer should sing the song that they are singing. ( in speed, volume, smoothness, choppiness, happy sad, etc.) Also they are there to keep the choir from getting lost and falling apart like a shepard to his sheep. Conductors are REALLY important. I would know.. I'm in choir.
@drkknight85 Conductors are also like trainers or teachers in that the students do all the work but someone guides them, times them, notices mistakes and corrects them, sees where one person needs work etc. PLUS it gives the group a focal point so they are focused and concentrated. Also the conductor sets the tone of the choir and can choose songs, who sings what part etc hence different conductors tend to get different sounds out of the same choir.
I used to sing in a school choir - the teacher threatened to throw things at us if we ever took our eyes off her hands (she was an EXCELLENT aim too). It kept the singers crisp in ending segments. Raising the hand meant get louder, lowering meant softer, and the direction of the hands cued the correct section of the choir in volume and timing. Our teacher didn't sing with us, though. It was our responsibility to learn and remember the lyrics or we were out of the choir.
Ok is it me...or does Joyful Joyful sound a HECK a lot like Ode to Joy?
Emimi33able 1 week ago
@Emimi33able it is ode to joy
TheGamerguy35 4 days ago
Haha. At the end of the video when she sees her Mom, I thought to myself 'Ugh, I hate it when I can see people I know in the audience. Now I'm gonna mess up!"
bmbellan 2 weeks ago
"Great Cesar's ghost"
Jegarsahaduta 2 weeks ago
LMFAO @ the guys face at 7:59 on the far right.
rbrock95 1 month ago
How are we going to find them, well that shouldn't be to hard we just look for the choir that looks like it just robbed a convenient store.
MrPhilifonian 1 month ago
@ 6:22 this is NOT HAIR SPRAY OR GREESE!
davidgiantslayer 1 month ago
Shes a los Vegas whore girl XDD
XxDenzelx 2 months ago
how many of you thought Father Maurice and Sister Mary Lazurus should have got it on?
bombergal1 2 months ago 2
What's maria's name?
Viktoriya556 2 months ago
Was the choir singing "In the Still of the Night" supposed to be off beat and bad to make Whoopi's crew look much better? The dude on the left wasn't even snapping his fingers to the beat. Haha
y3ll0ch0c0lat3 2 months ago
smh _____done @ 2:01 that girl has power in her vocal range..
Blokheadz 3 months ago
This proves that arms dont always win. lol
luckz247 3 months ago
They were good cause they are a university choir. Chapman university choir.
lindalds 4 months ago
"my mother use to say nothing is impossible if you always carry with you a little bit of faith and a big roll of electical tape- HELLO!" i love the nun!
fuzzking33 4 months ago 10
lol she said nothing is impossible if you always carry with you a little bit of faith and a big roll of electrical tape!!!!
jebzki123 4 months ago
I love when he pushes him in the closet and says FORGIVE ME! lol :D
christinatee715 5 months ago 3
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LOL "Lord I know you'd normally forgive us,but we know EXACTLY what we do!"**
DarkMoonDesire 5 months ago
i luved the choir from san francisco ocean view high school or something they were really good 2!
NarokiDream 6 months ago 2
i'd be so po'd if the quartet @ 0:24 won the competition lol
Jazzedboltz 7 months ago
Ohh that's mean! 'Just look for the choir that looked like it just robbed a convenience store'.
chelleyeoh 7 months ago 3
"in nomine patris, please forgive us... we know exactly what we do!"... just love that line
animavivere 7 months ago 3
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"My mother used to say, nothing is impossible if you always carry with you a little bit of faith and a big roll of electrical tape. Hello!"
Epic. = w=
starysky17 8 months ago
Where are your passes? He hold up the crucifix! Lol
TheBimbo101 8 months ago 5
naaaah drkknight85... th conductor is th most important person in a choir, she/ he keeps th rythumm and the song in time so it dusnt qo too fast or slow.. he, she controlls th whole choir while singing.... hehe..
ne1a1 8 months ago
we need a revival to rock this world today!!!LOL
gangstaladie 8 months ago
Anybody knows, what the first music is? Pls help me, THX.
ijnefb 9 months ago
0:38 to 0:51 made me lol
allorsarah 9 months ago
PASS!? pull out the cross
shorty76er 9 months ago
i like the second choir
SkibopDaSequel 10 months ago
They're like an ARMY.
Kbocker1 11 months ago 5
6:10 WHO THE FUCK IS THAT GIRL? lol
amjustakid23 11 months ago 3
@amjustakid23 i know!!! hahaha. who is that.....
oesdoob 9 months ago
Aint that something? Out of ALL the people she saw her mama.....it's that mama thang lol
ttmarlene 11 months ago 2
Those guys were the real Golden Army
edricding 11 months ago
Dude...the group at 1:30 IS really good....O.O I'd be scared too
ChaoBreeder051491 11 months ago
Ha ha in the still if the night
leauptei000 1 year ago
What's that song in 1:37?
milaa100 1 year ago
@milaa100 sounds like its call 'lord send the revival.' I would look that up on google.
taintedlovergirl 11 months ago
1:00 makes me laugh with the black tape lol
Neil21muk 1 year ago
They are like an army of robots. There is no joy in there song "Joyful, Joyful."
pdcushing 1 year ago 2
rape tape D:
LuckyxTurtle 1 year ago
Whoopi's line there? "If every time something new comes along and you go 'Ooh, something new, better run away', ya'll gonna be running, for the rest of your lives." That, has been precious to me since I was young, and I've told it to so many of my friends. Thanks for posting this, and my gratitude to the writer of this script.
mandyraz 1 year ago 4
@mandyraz Two lines that always inspired me was "if you wake up in the morning and all you can think about is singing, than you're supposed to be a singer, girl." It always encouraged me to follow my dreams, whatever they are. The 2nd is obviously "if you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you betta wake up and pay attention!"
jwo03 1 year ago
Does any one knows the song at minute 1:35??? I think it's a great song
starlightnorain12 1 year ago
theyre good.....theyre really good lmao
BabyGulFiyah 1 year ago
What's the name of the actor at 1:05 ???
The one who wanna wash his hair... Thx
Arpegius67 1 year ago
what's the song the quartet sings beginning in this movie at 0.25?
cessnadave1 1 year ago
Put another on this side and start a trend! love her!
Shaggykidd91 1 year ago 2
The fathers are just too amazing!!!
zohairrose 1 year ago
LOL mr crisp in the cupboard!!
meowool 1 year ago
well, according to the plot, do you think those kids could've been as good as they were without sister mary clarence's leadership? the conductor is the figure head, the leadership, and without he/she, the whole project falls apart. primarily the leader is up there for moral support of the choir.
MrShig1 1 year ago
*opens door* PASSES!
*shows cross*
xD
SwissAuraya 1 year ago 48
@SwissAuraya great ceasers ghost lol.
tony056 1 year ago
@SwissAuraya True! I laughed hard too,hahahaa!! XD
Bufurzone 2 months ago
Omg who else keeps thinking the nuns and monks should soo get together?
luvlolcatz 1 year ago 4
@luvlolcatz LOL...can u imagine mary lazurus & father thomas 2gether??? XD
bossb510 9 months ago
i really like the piano-player stutent....
fluffylovers 1 year ago 3
@fluffylovers TOTAL Hottie.
AlexAndDougie 1 year ago
"Heavenly Father, please forgive us. We know EXACTLY what we do!" lol
Dakarn 1 year ago 53
Lol when I was little i use to think the choir that went before the orange county, were saying Lord's shimmery Bible instead of send a Revival lol
LoveBri4Eva 1 year ago 4
@LoveBri4Eva aww that actually made me lol
n3se 1 year ago
@LoveBri4Eva
thats sooo funny LMAO i laughed about 10min lol
1989keyshia 1 year ago
@LoveBri4Eva I read this RIGHT when that choir started singing...and I laughed my ass off well after they stopped singing.. LMAO
OyabunOfKyoto 1 year ago
OMG! Its The Ghost Whisperer! I toatally just noticed! LOL
GibbsTash 1 year ago
Uuh... the Chapman's Choir is really a gorgeous stuff! Yeah... like an army o_O
facinum 1 year ago
@facinum No spirit in their song, like a bunch of synced up robots.
SPDPink 1 year ago
jeez people learn a little spelling would ya?
rjqg327 1 year ago 3
@rjqg327 *you.
:) jeez
ashleigh1105 1 year ago
9:26 Hey! The guy from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!
alitam219 1 year ago
AHAHA!
"She has so many nun-like qualities."
I love that so believeable!!! :)
MorticiaAddams13 1 year ago
i sang joyful joyful in my choir for our winterfest....awsome song!
bearinwonderland818 1 year ago
Hahaha
"My mother always said Carey with u a little bit of faith and duck tap!!! *pulls out ducks tape and tears a long piece if it* Hello!!!"
MorticiaAddams13 1 year ago 98
@MorticiaAddams13 LOL i laigh my butt of when she said *RIP* HELLO!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
LuvsToLaughGirl 1 year ago
@LuvsToLaughGirl
I kno right? Favorite part out of the whole movie!!
MorticiaAddams13 1 year ago
@MorticiaAddams13 LOL..but what exactly is Duck Tap?
alitam219 1 year ago
@alitam219
LOL sorry I ment electrical tape! But ducktape is a real thing. It is like REALLY strong tape and yeah.
MorticiaAddams13 1 year ago
@MorticiaAddams13 it's not duck tape it's duct tape if you don't believe me look it up!!!!
angie120881 1 year ago
Its Duct Tape.
KatonNeko 1 year ago
@MorticiaAddams13 that"s my favorite part of the whole movie!
avatarfan12341234 1 year ago
6:16 the guy in the front on the far left CANNOT find the beat to save his life!!!! he is soooo off rythm!!!.....and the guy behind him cant get it together either!!!!!
11brad 1 year ago
@11brad i thought i was the only one who saw that lmao that cracks me every time i see that!
bossb510 9 months ago
wow..i just remember the bodyguard was the bad boss in movie "You've got served"...well he's voice was not that husky..hehe
leamorena89 1 year ago
"Man they're singing our song." "They're like a army."
13alla1 1 year ago 5
Um wait a sec....are they hooking up a nun and a priest..........Um....do they know what a nun is?
FalseDisposition 1 year ago
Using the sausage to hold the door! LOL! Father Wolfgag says, "this is dessert." Then, all three fathers say "Father, forgive us." Love it!
77ukraine 1 year ago 13
Jamal and the tribal info: "put lines on their face as signs of fertility."
Sister Mary Patrick: "on second thought, take them off." LOL!!
77ukraine 1 year ago 5
the conductor is there because if the choir starts to mess up they can conduct them back. the hands are to keep the beat and rhythm and show when they need to sing louder or quieter. as well as faster or slower.
soccerchickcanada 2 years ago 4
i just dont understand whats the point of a conductor in a singing group. what do the waving of the hands mean. do they help the singers so they dont forget the words. someone know please do tell
drkknight85 2 years ago
Their hands keep the time, thus keeping the choir in sync with one another. If their hands move slowly, their singers should slow down, if they are fast, they speed up. Sometimes the conductor is mouthing the lyrics so they don't forget. And they cue the next person to sing etc. As you can see, Whoopi is doing the dance moves also, in case they forget.
Hah.
CookieFridays 2 years ago 132
@CookieFridays
Well Said!! You are absolutely right!!
bryant24able 1 year ago
@CookieFridays Actually, there special musical signals for alot of signs and pointings.
RadicalRasengan 1 year ago
@CookieFridays i was in band for high school so i know exactly what you are saying
rawsbiggestfan01 1 year ago
@CookieFridays i agree the hand gestures are for keeping the choir in sync!
tony056 1 year ago
@CookieFridays while you are correct, professionals do not mimic the dance moves OR mouth the words. They keep time, and (as you said) cue the singers at the appropriate time. It also is so that the singers know when beat 1 is. That is usually where the emphasis is in the meter.Also, they conduct in order to crescendo or de-crescendo. While a choir CAN sing songs with out a conductor it is better to have one as it ties everyone together and (ideally) keeps everyone on the same page.
lauallred 6 months ago
@lauallred thats very true, in the conventional sense, Whoopie Goldberg is ANYTHING but conventional lol.
tmwalkerm 4 months ago
.(4 years varsity choir that had 11 years of 'ones' (best you can do) at UIL ) Not bragging just explaining where the knowladge comes from.
lauallred 6 months ago
@lauallred what's your opinon of the other choirs in this movie? i would like to know :)
krimskrams 2 weeks ago
@krimskrams well hey, I do like the movie... so I am biased towards whoppie's choir. and obviously it's a movie so they all sounded good. BUT I've heard and been in some smashing choirs(high school choir->uil winners for 10 years, not me.. just for high school years. And I was in a State Choir for a few years. We also had competitions across the usa, and over seas where we beat out competition.); so I ted to be a bit of a critic when it comes to choirs; no harm meant by it. :)
lauallred 2 weeks ago
@lauallred i didn't question you're liking the movie or not, i know it's fake, but i was just wondering how an experienced singer as yourself felt about the other choirs since i found the other contestants to be great as well. further i find it amazing that anyone would participate in something that might portray them as second runner-up. i kinda feel like it's the fat chicks in married with children that have to endure the abuse or something of the sort. anway, my respects :)
krimskrams 2 weeks ago
The conductor help keeps time so the choir stays on rhythm and gives the choir hints to be louder or softer to make the songs more interesting and they also sometimes mouth the words so people wont mix the words up.
Cheerlette 1 year ago
@drkknight85 Also, conductors help with the volume. Conducting with larger gestures means be louder while smaller gestures are quieter. It's sort of like a manual for how the singer should sing the song that they are singing. ( in speed, volume, smoothness, choppiness, happy sad, etc.) Also they are there to keep the choir from getting lost and falling apart like a shepard to his sheep. Conductors are REALLY important. I would know.. I'm in choir.
WickedxWitchx1313 1 year ago
@drkknight85 oh and it also shows how high or low they should go, like when they move their hands up, you go higher i think
UsoxSmall 1 year ago
@drkknight85 Conductors are also like trainers or teachers in that the students do all the work but someone guides them, times them, notices mistakes and corrects them, sees where one person needs work etc. PLUS it gives the group a focal point so they are focused and concentrated. Also the conductor sets the tone of the choir and can choose songs, who sings what part etc hence different conductors tend to get different sounds out of the same choir.
papasitoman 1 year ago
@drkknight85
I used to sing in a school choir - the teacher threatened to throw things at us if we ever took our eyes off her hands (she was an EXCELLENT aim too). It kept the singers crisp in ending segments. Raising the hand meant get louder, lowering meant softer, and the direction of the hands cued the correct section of the choir in volume and timing. Our teacher didn't sing with us, though. It was our responsibility to learn and remember the lyrics or we were out of the choir.
oonsrd 1 year ago
@drkknight85 so they knwo the notes :D
baabaaish 10 months ago