“You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.”
A great quote from Doug Floyd via The Village Square’s very own purveyor of great quotes, Lea.
That’s all.
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"you do get HARMED when lea sings any notes"
lea
ok then it's official… the two of us are NOT going to sing together at anything.