Buffalo Shenanigans
One Day Choir
One day. Two takes. Three songs.
No audition. No rehearsal. No cost. No experience needed.
Show up Saturday. Sing with 50 strangers. Make something together.
Our Next Event
October 3
Sat 2 pm – 5 pm
What is a One Day Choir?
Can strangers get together and sing a song without rehearsing?
Easy Step By step Process
Sign Up
Optional Rehearsal
Get the Songs
Show Up Saturday
The Finale
We Need YOUR help!
We need Hosts, Sectional leads, organizers, Child care Providers…
For the event to work, no one person can do everything. We believe in paying for work.
Get in touch with us now to explore where you can help.
The Process
Sign Up
Fill out the form below. Tell us if you need childcare, an ASL interpreter, or help getting there. We have $10 transportation stipends for 30 people. No questions asked.
Get Your Songs
We’ll email you access to three songs. Parts are available online for a full month before the event, on the App ChoirGenius. Search for Buffalo Shenanigans. Practice if you want. Don’t if you don’t. Both are fine.
Optional Rehearsal
We’ll match you with a section leader near you for a one-hour, drop-in rehearsal the week before. For the nervous. Not mandatory. Just helpful.
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Show Up Saturday
We start together to the Top’s on Jefferson parking lot. We warmup together. One last song in public. Passersby can join. Neighbors can watch. Then we go home.
The Finale
Merriweather Library. Saturday morning. 4 pm debrief. We start Promptly at 2. Three hours. Two takes of each song. Stay for both or leave after one.
Becoming A Section Leader
Get Paid To Lead a Sectional Rehearsal
To help grow the community, we need hosts and vocal leaders who will be responsible for a group of singers. It’s a paid position.
$100 EVENT DAY + $100 NEIGHBORHOOD REHEARSAL
8 positions available | $200 total compensation
Section Leaders
You are not a traditional section leader. You are a neighborhood anchor. A confidence-builder. The person who makes a nervous singer feel like they belong before they ever open their mouth.
We organize section leaders BY LOCATION, not by voice part. You will be assigned a neighborhood of Buffalo. Your job is to know the people who signed up near you, make them feel welcome, and help them walk into Merriweather Library believing they can do this.
What You Will Do
Before the Event:
- Host ONE optional drop-in neighborhood rehearsal (Host location or home can be provided if you don’t have one) (1 hour)
- Run through 2 songs in a casual, low-pressure setting
- Help nervous singers hear their part
Event Day Saturday (3 hours)
- Arrive 1: 30 PM for briefing with conductor
- Float with your neighborhood people — not in SATB formation
- Help late arrivals catch up on Song 2
- Support anyone struggling with Song 3
- Guide your group to and from Top’s Parking Lot and the Merriweather Library on Jefferson for the finale takes and a debrief.
- Sing with your people. This is participation, not performance.
