Is it OK to wing it?

There will be times when you’re not fully prepared. It may be due to illness, laziness or circumstances outside your control. The question is: should you go ahead regardless? You might have missed several rehearsals, but a concert is coming up. You might not have put enough time into preparing a song to teach. You might unexpectedly be called upon to lead a song, but have had very little notice. Or you might have promised to write a song for a choir, but not found the time to finish it. There’s always an excuse: illness, family emergency, procrastination, forgetfulness, bad time management, not enough notice, creative block, taking too much on or underestimating how long something will take. But however valid your excuse, the deadline remains. Do you go ahead anyway, or somehow duck out? It depends on what you’re being asked to do. If you’re a choir member If you’re not fully up to speed with one or more songs in a concert, don’t sing them. Tell your choir leader and step out for the…