“Knock, kock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Little old
lady.”
“Little old
lady who?”
“I didn’t
know you could yodel!”
Yodeling is
to the Alpine Region what the Beach Boys are to Southern California. But what
exactly is it? According to one encyclopedia definition, yodeling is “a style
of singing two alternating tones, a lower one with a full voice and a higher
one with a lighter falsetto voice.”
In Austria, yodeling is heard mainly in
folklore festivals or sound recordings. The local yokels are too busy to yodel
from mountaintops anymore but someone has to take on the responsibility for
keeping outdoor yodeling alive. So why not the Phoenix Girls Choir?
Learn how to
yodel on Wednesday, June 20th during a cultural exchange at the historical Lainerhof with the Salzburg
choir group you will be staying with. Join in on a small concert from both the
Salzburg choir and the Phoenix Girls Choir, then learn how to yodel with the
locals!
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