I belong to a travel group called “My Travel Meetup” which hosts several dinner events, in addition to international travel opportunities. For our annual Christmas gathering, the leader of the group asked me to write a song about travel to the tune of a Christmas carol.
Once I decided on a specific song, I based the content on travel-related actions including air flight, hotels, touring, shopping, and an overall travel experience. I wanted to include the name of the group “My Travel Meetup” and their tagline “We Go Places.” Here’s the final rendition:
(To the tune of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing“)
Writing the words to this song seemed to happen quite easily, as I have traveled several times with the group. However, I realized later that this Christmas carol moves into higher and higher vocal ranges as the song progresses. It was quite the challenge for me to sing without my voice fading off with the higher notes at the end of each stanza. But it was all done in good fun! And we had the group join in with the singing, thankfully, which helped to drown out my seemingly waning voice.