PDQ Bach O Little Town of Hackensack • Memorized • Generally four-measure phrases. Please be sure to wait for the tenors generally before breathing when they have moving notes and you do not. • At the top of page 4 in the third verse separate the “Ho Ho Ho”s. • Breathe in the third verse after the word “up” in the first measure at the bottom of page 4, and a breath after the word “got” on the last measure of the page. • Top of page 5, basses breathe after third note and put a fermata on the note. • Top of page 5 last measure, note the breath there. • Second to last measure of the piece in the first verse separate the “Ho Ho Ho”s and in the second verse, breathe after “doeth now”. PDQ Bach Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John • Memorized • Sopranos on page 5, note the staccato markings • Bottom of page 7 please put an accent on the word “strike”. • Bottom of page 9, tenors close right to the “s” (as well as on the top of page 10) and basses right to the “ck”. • Top of page 10, tenors close right to the “m” on “boom”. • Basses, bottom of 10, please do not shout the high F’s. PDQ Bach Good King Kong Looked Out • Memorized • Top of 4, second measure, make the first note staccato. • Bottom of 4, all of the words are very nasal: squinch, honk, hear. • Bottom of 5, yes, those are kazoos. • Page 6, men please be careful to differentiate between each of your three endings. Each one is longer than the last. • Top of page 8, last measure, quick breath after the last “he said”. • Bottom of page 9, first bar, the word “well” is staccato. • Page 10, I will decide later whether or not we will close to the “ng” of “dong”. Accent the “klunk”s.