Page 4 - KOG Glory & Grace, Issue 10: Voices

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LOSING AND FINDING
Italian novelist Cesare Pavese wrote, "We do not remember days, we remember moments." For KOG's longtime member Gay Rye, one of the moments that shaped her life happened in high school.
"I always loved to sing so singing in my high school choir was an easy choice," Gay explains. But in those days, since men were difficult to recruit for choirs, a choir would be penalized in competition if women sang the parts for men.
When Gay eventually went to audition for the higher choirs, she was told frankly that, "because I couldn’t sing soprano or alto I wouldn’t be able to sing in the higher choirs at Senior High." So in the spring of 1963, Gay decided her time in choir was up. Gay wouldn't sing again in a choir until 1990.
"My voice was lower. So was my mother's voice. I was okay with it, but others were not," Gay says. "I have the voice I have."
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KOG Member Gay Rye in 2018
“Music is so deep in my body. When I couldn't sing it felt like a part of me was missing.” Gay Rye