Amanda Lovitt: "It means we're singing without emotion and without feeling and we're bland."

Kristina Green: "Soggy flakes of meal."

Andrew Schultz: "It means we're very flat with no emotion; basically we're not being musical."

Guy Batterson: "It means Dr. Skoog has not had breakfast yet, and he craves his coffee."

Atonn Smeltzer: "He thinks we're stale and bland."

Ben Fidler: "He's thinking of something grey and goopy."

Chris Betz: "Mucinex is a drug that thins out mucus and saliva. It can be used for many reasons, but my ENT said it would help clear out my vocal chords. So Mucinex is actually like Vocal Clearasil. Unfortunately, it is very expensive."

Chris Roode: "I'm pretty sure you buy that at Vocal Target or Vocal Meijer. It's a little known fact but Vocal Noxeema actually includes instrumental cleansers in its ingredients...Let's just keep that between you and me."

Josh Ludwig: "I would probably check the Meijer pharmacy. After they laughed me out of the store, I'd be asking Doc where he gets his Vocal Clearasil. Perhaps on Ebay? They've got everything else there. Vocal Noxeema won't work because it sounds more like a rare disease than a medicine, and quite honestly, I don't want any more sickness of any kind in my throat, whether or not it is supposed to help. Key word being 'supposed'".

Yee Von Ng: "Neither work for me. Try using ProActive Solutions. I used it ever since I got here."

Kylene Griffith: "I don't know where you would get it, but I know Noxeema isn't quality enough for CHORALE."

Matt Zwyer: "I would travel to the strange planet Dr. Skoog seems to come from, and see if they have this so-called product there, along with things like vocal oatmeal and vocal mashed potatoes. But, it has to be on sale...I wouldn't pay full price for anything superficial like cleansing supply. Personally, I think I'm beautiful in every single way (wait, I feel a song coming on...). And as far as Noxeema is concerned, that sounds too girly and I don't want anybody to think I'm girly (HA!)."

Kristen Basore:"It's definitely 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' because it reminds people what's really important, and that's seeing your loved ones during the holidays." (AWWWWWWWWI!)

Jonathan Ledger:"'Mary, Did You Know?' and 'Christmas Shoes', because they both exemplify the true meaning of Christmas as I see it."

Ellen Gartner:"Good Ellen says 'Let It Snow' because she likes snow, and Bad Ellen says 'The Christmas Song' because she threatens her fiancé with roasting chestnuts over an open fire when he is mean."

Jodie Hutchinson:"I like 'The Christmas Song' because even though I don't have a fire or chestnuts roasting on it, I still think it's pretty. It screams Christmas. I'll also tell you what's NOT my favorite song and that is 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.' *Shudders*"

Timothy Bruno:"It is 'You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch' because even though I like Christmas, I get grumpy and don't like to buy anybody gifts because I am poor.' (Really, it's because he sounds like Boris Karloff)

Libby Call:"Mine is 'The Christmas Waltz' because if you listen to the words it just describes Christmas. It's not too fast and it's not too slow and you can listen to it anytime."

Kurt Vandock: "I make two notations. The first is a prep marking that indicates I need to smack Carmack to prevent him from 'dropping the ball'. The second is a notation that looks like a tiny kitty cat. This serves no purpose other than to remind me that I like kitty cats. (Kitty cats eat mice which eat cheese and I love cheese)."

Dan Weber: "When I pass over a scary spot in the music, I circle it. If I mess up the next time it comes around, I circle it again, so eventually there is a layer of circles."

Lindsay Sanderson: "I usually star the sections and circle it...a BIG circle."

Andy Kuzas: "I draw a symbol to remind me of how mad Schultz got at the baritones for coming in too early during "Shine on Me" on Fall Tour."

Josh Jones: "Skull and crossbones with dripping blood!!"

Megan Welenc: "Well, for DIFFICULT spots I usually circle them, or draw an arrow with the words 'look out!' or something to that effect. But SCARY spots? What are those? Dude, scary spots need to be scared of ME. What, they wanna fight? I could take 'em!! I'll kick their BUTTS!! And don't let 'em forget it!!"

John Carmack: "I would have to say that my "come to Jesus" moment in Chorale would have to be one of the following: (1) During our joint concert with the Wind Symphony, singing Song of Democracy. We sounded amazing together. The "moment" hit me when we burst into action with "on the soul's voyage...ahhhhh..." Good stuff. (2) Seeing Dr. Skoog's reaction to our performances of Fugitive Footsteps. Not the piece so much as Doc's glowing sense of pride and accomplishment from our efforts. Or the most important...(3) Kurt Vandock's amazing understanding and recognition of the FLAT 6th..."

Alex Phan: "My "come to Jesus" moment was a "crawl to Jesus" moment. For the first few weeks that we worked on the 1812 Overture, I saved some room in my prayers at night for all our copies of that piece to self-destruct, but the only thing I received was weird noises from Jonathan Ledger (he's still cute). I would like to say that we are doing some nice work on that piece now that we've had some time with it. But never you fear, my prayers have not gone barren (*smile*)."

Molly Friesenborg: "The moments when no one is thinking about the notes and we all start feeling the music together."

Michael Click: "There have been a few "come to Jesus" moments. I think that the obvious answer is the performance of Lux Arumque at Christmas, but more recently would be rehearsing When David Heard. That song just makes me glad to be alive. The depth of sound and amazing blend and tonality that we as a Chorale produce during that song just makes me so thankful that I can have the gift of music in my life. It reminds me that life is short and the people in my life are so much more important to me than anything in this world. Yeah...that would be my "come to Jesus" moment."

Atonn Smeltzer: "For me it's a toss up between Kalinda, Lux Arumque (specifically the word "angeli"), and the crazy awesome stacked chord in When David Heard."