Is this the end?....

you are a member for 12 years now and you dont know how to train? i dont get it. i started singing in a choir at the age of 14 i only stayed there three years but i leanr how to train singers. as i became a member of a band.... singing in a choir is different than singing in a band. the styles and the way you sing the song is different. so from experience i gain a lot and when i reached the age of 28 i know how to train singers. that is one of my job, a voice trainor. being the cahirwoman you need to go around your block and to ask youngsters, that they might like to join your group. i hope you learn how to train. it is much easier if you know how to train for you can get more members for your group. try to join choir singing contest on malls so that you can attract more people to join for competing is really fun and a good challenge. if you need more pointers i am willing to give you just IM me. i am most gladly to help. you cant just go now and think this is the end. collect members and if you think they are stable already that is the time to go. dont leave while the group is in the verge of stumbling. have faith

You need to recruit members. You need to ask about ways to get members. You have positions to fill. The things you can't do, you need to find others who can do them. You can't do it alone, you need to ask all 7 to help you find new members. If each of the 7 can find one other person, you will have 14. Plus you need to find someone to lead and someone to train as well as whatever else comes up like someone playing the keyboard. So 16 would not be 25, but it could breathe new life into the group. At 7, you can still rescue it. Pray for help with this. You were elected for a reason, ask God to help you. Give it your best shot, then after you've done the best you can, decide if you should stay or leave. Take care and good luck.

Hello mycharm girl. I am so sorry that you are getting fewer members in this group for some unknown reasons. But I think that so long as you persist in it, your choir group will expand again soon. Now since you are chosen as the chairwoman of the group, just be brave enough to take the post. So long as you spend time practising those musical instruments, I am sure that you will be qualified to be leader of the group. Practice makes perfect. You can do it, charming girl.

Hi, I empathize with you because I used to be a part of a choir too and I saw it also slowly "die." Mostly because we all slowly got older and began starting our own families. But for those who were left behind we tried as best we could to keep the fire going. May I suggest you have auditions first for someone who could accompany those of you who are left. Choirs don't have to be big at all. In fact it is easier to handle a smaller group. What is important is the you keep the group together and you keep on singing. Once your group has regained it's bearings again then maybe you can start finding new singers to join you as we did. Don't leave! If you love the choir stay there and keep it going. Your love for the group believe me is enough to push you to do what needs to be done to keep it going. Next, try to infect new members with the same love you have for the choir. This will ensure that when the time comes for you to leave, because of the same love for the group you have instilled in those who will be left behind, the group will continue. I know it seems a long, hard task ahead for you. As I have said use your zeal and love for the choir to inspire you. For as long as you are there, there is hope and a future for your group. Good luck to you and break a leg!

Is your group part of a church? If so, ask your pastor for some help. Maybe he or she knows of someone who can lead a choir and recruit some new members. It would be terrible to see this group fall apart. Why did the others leave? No time, or group politics? You really need to bring someone in who can help you stay together.

that's the way it is. nothing last forever. whether you are giving your best your everything or doing nothing...time will come...you and your group part ways. you everything you want...what you thing is the best for the group. be open to them. have a pep talk 15 minutes before you start you group routine. what's important is... make the most of the time you have together since you dont know when is the next time you meet again. make a group activity like food trip. simple food to be shared will tightened your bond. study piano if you wanted to. or anything you wanted to do. but be ready and open if the possibility of parting ways. only God knows. being honest is a big key to success.

I am in my church choir group too .. And yes we have our youth group too. We also used to have a really really good choir group in our church. Well we have it to today as well but not that good.. (also the members are not the same) There are some old ladies who just can't get their voice to some high scales and we young people have to to listen to them just because they are old ... please remember that they are not old members they are just old. And we have a so so keyboard player.. But hey something is better than nothing!!! We had our church feast last to last Sunday and the choir was bad.. But its ok we all youth group are planning to rock this Christmas!! And that needs a lot of practice sessions and hours and commitment.!!(to make a group you have to commit yourself to it, it needs effort.) We are also planning to have a youth orientation camp this November in our church so that we all could get all of our youths of our church together and Do something all those who have left the group and think its not important any more!! I can advice you that firstly have a good relation with all of your choir members, make friends with them and go out once a while. This would keep the group alive. Just because you are choir group doesn't mean that you should remain serious kind of person .. I mean have fun with each other. And just believe in God he is always there. And don't forget to enjoy with Him!!

If you will not invite younger ones and train them im sorry to tellyou this but this wont progress any longer. There should be fruit bearing, it does not stop to one person but it goes on and on. Thats the beauty of disciple making, we spend and give our time to others coz this means we are giving them our lives. And when you see these younger ones to train they see your life as an example and are also touched with the kind of life you live. Dont leave,if itsfor the Lord, what ever it takes give it always your best shot.

hi mycharm, first thing first, congratulation on being elected as the chairwoman of your group. i am sorry to hear about your group's situation. i can understand what you feel on watching your choir have only a few members left. yes, every group will always experience the ups and downs, even the beatles. it is the recurrent challenge which can either develop the group or destroy it, depending on how we face the dynamic situation. i also sometimes experienced such situation, even worse. i several time join groups (play/drama, martial art, local youth, etc), and i still joined most of the group when they were slowly dying. i had experienced being the last man standing or the last of the mohicans anyway, it's good you are elected when your group seems to be in the nadir point of its history. it's a good start. that's the right time for you and other member who really love the choir to change the situation. you can start inviting new members. in a small group, the present of new members is always cheering up and encouraging. good luck!

It seems as though this choir is a love for you and a bright spot in your life. It is natural for you to be apprehensive when things are going down hill, but it is very important to hang in their and be with them during this time. Our church has been going through a rough time and I feel this would be the very worse time to leave. Now is the time for us to show our support the most. Be strong and be confident that everything will work out for the best. Talk with the other members and see what they want for the choir, you may want to set some goals for the choir. Get the word out that you are searching for new members, maybe have a fun raiser to make people aware that your choir is out their. Maybe you could give a concert for a upcoming event in your community. Most of all keep the faith and pray. Ask God what he wants for your group. Ask him for the courage and strength to help your choir and to let whatever his will is triumph. Good luck