Tag Archive | humor

Pump(kin) up the volume!

Every NLL rehearsal is an opportunity for fun, but Halloween in particular is a time for good-spirited silliness, with unusual assemblages of vocal parts facing off in a Krazy Kwartet competition.

This year’s Kraziness featured a trio of spooky witches, an all-tenor ensemble hitting those scary high notes, and a quintet of bold basses. Not to be outdone, the leads and baris formed a motley flock of black sheep — so baaaad, they’re good!

Not baaaad, ladies!
High-hatting harmonics

Basses band together

Tenors trip the high wire!
Tuning up for Christmas in Halloween style

Backwards and forwards

This week we hailed our January birthday celebrants, Chris and Nora, who wore the birthday sash with aplomb. In keeping with the theme of the week — “National Backwards Day” — they will now officially begin aging in reverse, like Benjamin Button. But we in Na Leo Lani already know that singing with a chorus is the secret to long life and a youthful spirit!

Congratulations, ladies, on another trip ‘round the sun, and may all your days be harmonious!

Happy birthday to you!
Backward and onward!

Birthdays take the cake

At our last rehearsal of every month, we always celebrate chorus members’ birthdays with a birthday sash, a special “get to know you” question posed by our Birthday Captain, Wally, and a rousing round of Happy Birthday to You in our best barbershop style.

Our November birthday girl, Rosie!

This month’s birthday celebration coincided with National Cake Day,” which we marked with cake hats and more.

More Krazy Kwartet fun!

See below for more clips of our high-spirited members hamming it up for Halloween 2022.

The Leads relish turkey (and ham!) with “How We Ate Today”
Pure Nerves invite you to “Take My Hand” — or a bloody glove?
The Vamps (aka tenors) take a stand for dental hygiene with “Please Don’t Give Our Kiddies No More Sweets!”

Krazy Kwartets for Halloween

At our October 26 rehearsal, we celebrated Halloween a few days early with a Krazy Kwartet night filled with musical hijinks and silly costumes. See highlights from the comic lineup below.

Three-quarters of Friends quartet perform “Something in the Way She Moos”
Loco Moco hams it up with “Mr. Pumpkin”
Four basses sing “All I Have to Do (Is Be a Queen)!”

Talent night

In the spirit of summer fun, the ladies of Na Leo Lani had a blast in July showing off hidden talents in a members-only mini talent show. Entertainments included impromptu quartets, poignant folk tunes, a dramatic reading, and more. See below for pics of some of the evening’s entertainments.