Suzi:
Your description of the two voice teachers at your college who encouraged
their students to various forms of contortions (pulling the upper lip over
the teeth while smiling, bringing the head down sideways towards the
shoulder while lifting the shoulder at the same time, using a very
exaggerated lip-projection technique etc.) brings out an old Minnesota
expression from me.
"Oof-da"
It means "that is so awfully bad" and is used to describe any social gaff or
clumsy operation. I will never cease to be amazed at the stuff voice
teachers can propagate.
Regards
--
Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
Professor of Voice, Vocal Pedagogy
School of Performing Arts
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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