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Still practicing the music for Elf Choir and Lantern Elves.

I played Kenny Loggins' The Last Unicorn just to see how it sounds, and my Spotify algorithm started me in on a deep dive of 80s themesong music and Billy Joel. That's more or less the vibe, and I was surprised to learn just HOW MANY themesongs Loggins was responsible for.

This in turn lead to finally reading a Top Gun fix-it fic written by someone who was likely not yet born when the first Top Gun came out.

Revvin' up your engine
Listen to her howling roooaaar.

Anyway, the Navy rating that is in charge of landing the planes has one of the highest mortality rates in all of the Navy, to the point where there was a congressional investigation, and all of the training was overhauled. Truly was the danger zone, the song was not lying.

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Anyone got good suggestions on vocal exercises? I am finding it very difficult to hit the A below middle-C.

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Oh, update on Uncle Jack: he passed away while my cousin was not in the hospice room with him. I think this was intentional -- Dave's dad did the same, waited until his kids were out of the room and then quietly slid away. It must take a moment of decision and concentration, and when the people you love are near, you might not want to choose to go.