fritibrulation

I was unable to attend Harmony College this year, because I\’m fairly new to directing.

Doug Parker wrote to me:

Hi jharris@…

You weren’t at HC this year?

Dr Don Campbell coined the term to illustrate the shaking, too-much-to-be-contained, bubbling energy and anticipation of a little kid that wants to break out but can’t because they just don’t know what to do. He used it to differentiate between the two phrases in You Make Me Feel So Young when the lyrics repeat:

You make me feel so,

You make me feel so,

Dr Don was directing the Directors Chorus and during rehearsals he said, “No, no, wait, I want you all on the second one to fritibrulate. C’mon, now let’s try it again…” and of course everyone looked at each other with blank faces. That’s when he dumped the definition on us.

The baritones are leading the move to get the term popularized and on the web. Someone else surely has a better definition than mine. We’re considering a temporary yahoogroup to get some of the details talked out, but that may be overkill.

Doug Parker

Fritibrulation

(vi) to Fritibrulate.

Fritibrulate

(vi) the shaking, too-much-to-be-contained, bubbling energy and anticipation of a little kid that wants to break out but can’t because they just don’t know what to do.

Love it, learn it, use it.

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