One of the songs is an acapella version of Picard’s Inner Light. And to my knowledge, it’s the first time that somebody has produced an acapella version of that. We’re also going to be singing Reading Rainbow for Lavar Burton. And then we’re singing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Spider-Man. And it’s going to be, we hope, a lot of fun.
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So, one of my motivations was, okay, my son wants to go and do a bunch of things, so I’m going to lose weight to get healthy to take him there. So, I was at Comiccon. A couple of years ago as a way to okay, wow, I I’ve achieved something. I actually made it the Comic- Con and I have an interest in it. I love sci-fi.

I’m a big Star Trek fan. And while I was there, I was thinking, you know, I would love to sing here. And that’s cuz I had just started with the chorus as well. So, it’s like I would really love to sing here one day. And I added it to my list of reasons to get healthy. It’s happening now.

So yeah, I’ve been to conventions before, but I never took part in the cosplaying. I didn’t really feel comfortable dressing up and bringing attention to myself because I wasn’t I was comfortable with my body. I was comfortable being a bigger person, but I didn’t want to bring additional attention to it.
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Now that I’m able to walk, I’m able to stand, I’m able to move, I’ve started singing. And I’m not the greatest singer, but I I think I can carry a tune. I thought this would be a really fun thing. So I connected with some like-minded individuals, and  we’re going to do something that I don’t think has ever been done before.

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What I found in this whole process is that finding singers is easier. Finding people to direct is more difficult. And finding people who want to do all the admin work of a chorus is next to impossible because there’s nothing fun about having to deal with all the paperwork and the rights and the clearances and so on. When I first started my chorus, I had somebody who stepped in to be a director so that I could sing and I’ll do the admin because somebody has to do the admin.

​Over time, I’ve had a couple of different directors, assistant directors. And at one point, due to health reasons and just the way life goes sometimes, all of my directors had to back out for one reason or another. So, I reached a point where I had a chorus, I had the location, I had the music’s rights paid for, and I had a group of singers, (but) I had nobody to direct.

So I figured, “Well, if I don’t direct, there’s no chorus.” And I stepped into the director’s role. Do I like doing the admin work? Not really. Do I like doing the directing? No. But if I don’t do those things, there’s no chorus and I don’t get to sing. So, I stepped up to do that. And my hope is at some point as the chorus gains popularity and more people join that maybe some of the new members will step up and say (they’ll) direct a couple of songs and then they’ll be able to step into the director’s chair and I’ll be able to go back to singing.
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Senpai: Cosplay, in my opinion, is the same thing. There’s going to be things that you don’t enjoy, but in order to get the results you want, you have to do them like getting ready, putting on the costume, sweating, and trying to doing poses for photo shoots, which can be sometimes difficult to do, but if you want to get that really perfect Instagram photo, you got to do it. And it’s good point you make. I think anything in life, there’s never a free lunch, whether it’s chorus or dating or looking really really good in cosplay. So, I don’t think people realize just how challenging good cosplay is. I certainly know.


Frank: But most people don’t. They think, “Oh, you just put on a costume and go.” Well, it’s not just putting on a good costume, especially if you’re the one who’s making the costume. The details that go into that, the late nights, the work, because you have to do that stuff outside of all the other things you got to do in your life just to survive and pay the rent.

Then we get to the point where yeah, you now have the costume, but the videos, the posing, the hours and hours that it can take to get the lighting just right, to get the poses just right. A slight change in posture can make all the difference between a decent photo and a great production. Having to deal sometimes with fans who can be worse than haters. Sometimes when you get obsessive fans who you know want to come up to you and they say, “Hey, that’s a great costume. That’s awesome.”

​But sometimes even the very fans that you have to appreciate can also cross some lines that you’re not comfortable with. And that’s just part and parcel of what people have to deal with. So, there’s a lot of challenges in great cosplay that most people don’t recognize. They’ll see the result and they say, “Wow, yeah, that’s a great result,” but they don’t see the hours and hours and hours of work that went into getting that result.
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Senpai:  It’s not as easy as it looks. And yeah, there are some negative aspects too with cosplay that you brought up that make it, but that’s it makes it all worth it for the results in the end.
I wanted to go back to so my question was like you brought up a lot of stuff regarding your preparing for a performance as a as a chorus and it does seem a lot more complicated than it than it looks.. Can you tell me regarding this upcoming performance with Montreal Comiccon? What are the things you have to do to prepare for this performance at Montreal Comiccon?

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​On the Sunday, I’ve invited a Barbershop quartet, the same group of people I used to sing with initially, and they’re going to sing a collection of different songs for about 20 minutes, including Over the Rainbow, couple of Lion King songs, a Jungle Book song, Disney in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Walt Disney passing.

​So, there’s a lot that’s going to be going on. And I’m just hoping that the cosplayers feel respected and that they get something out of it, too. Because if they’re going to cosplay a certain character or from a certain show and then they hear a chorus singing the theme song of that show in the future, I would love to be able to sing the Pokémon theme song and get all the Pokémon card cosplayers as well as people who collect the Pokémon cards and the, you know, the merchandise. Have them come and enjoy it. Eventually I want to be able to sing at comic book shops, other conventions that there’s a whole audience of people that are going to love the nostalgia of these songs and what it brings out of them and how it makes them feel.

Senpai: That’s some good dating advice! I’ll have to try that out myself to sing. But you mentioned a lot a lot of things regarding the upcoming performance for Montreal Comiccon. It sounds almost like a full-time job.


Frank: I’m very excited about producing is the Reading Rainbow theme song. Actor Lavar Burton who plays Geordi La Forge on Star Trek, he’s very proud and passionate about children’s literacy. He hosted a TV show called Reading Rainbow and I’m hoping that once we make the video of Klingons and Star Trek cosplayers and chorus members singing the theme song of Reading Rainbow at a comic convention, that maybe somehow a video of that song will land in the hands of Lavar Burton’s agent and maybe he’ll even see the video and he will feel appreciated for the work that he did in children’s literacy.


Senpai: I’m sure once you guys perform, you get some re-shares and from various actors and writers from Star Trek. That would be awesome.


Frank: That would I mean it’s a way to give back to them. And I’m not just talking about the Star Trek franchise. Long term, I want to be able to give back to all of the people who created projects that made me happy as a kid. This is my way of saying thanks and respect to you.

Can you imagine what it’s going to be like for somebody who’s a real fan of a particular show, to take part in the production of singing the theme song directly to the actors and the cast and the crew?  The people behind the scenes and we’re singing it back to them because we love it so much. What a wonderful experience that can be for those creators and technical people.

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Senpai: We talked a lot about your plans for Montreal Comiccon and what you did. My next question is — I know you’ve been doing this for a while — is there any particular performance that stands out as unforgettable, or one that had a real impact on an audience member?


Frank: There are actually a few. When my Encore Trio did the Happy Days song, it was because I had met one of the representatives of actors from that show online. In the span of one week, we learned the song, recorded it, shot the video, edited the video, and sent it to the agent, who ended up showing it to a couple of the actors from the show. That, for me, was really powerful.

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There was another song, and this was Math Patrol. Math Patrol was a cartoon designed to help kids learn math. It was a Canadian television show that I grew up watching. When I first started the chorus, I remember thinking, “I would really love to do that song. It’s really obscure — anybody outside of Canada has probably never heard of it.” And somehow I was able to track down the person who wrote that song and produced that show.
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I wrote to him saying, “Would you be okay if we did the Math Patrol song?” And he was very touched that, after so many years — we’re talking something like 40 years later — somebody was saying, “I remembered that project and I loved it. I remembered the theme song and I still sing it to this day.” Then he got a video of our group singing the Math Patrol theme song, and he said, “You guys just made my day.”

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And it’s moments like that that I want to keep building and creating. With the singers I have now, most of them are very new to the chorus. For some of them, the Star Trek franchise gave a lot of hope because of the lives they’ve had. Being able to meet actors from the show and just say “thank you” means a great deal.

​For some people joining the chorus, it’s simply because they love cosplaying and love the songs from the things they’re cosplaying. For others, it goes way deeper. There’s a place for everyone across that spectrum in my chorus, because we’re not singing typical choral repertoire. We’re not charging membership fees and performing traditional songs. We are singing songs that have very particular meaning to us, in an environment that we appreciate and are passionate about — and that changes the whole experience.

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We are all on borrowed time. Make the most of it. If there’s something you want to go out and do, just go do it. Nobody cares if you pass. Nobody cares if you fail. Nobody cares if you succeed. Just do it. If you want to try singing, try it. And if you’re not great at first — guess what? Everybody starts that way. If you want to cosplay and you buy a costume from a shop instead of making your own, who cares? Go do it. Have fun. Connect with people. We are all living on borrowed time.
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​Listening Becomes Laborious

Confidence does not necessarily mean being an extrovert; it also means that you are able to participate in social interactions without feeling like you need to fill in all of the gaps in order to stay engaged.

If listening is becoming more difficult, the social interaction process begins to resemble trying to solve a puzzle. You may study the movement of their lips. You may choose not to go to noisy restaurants. You may continue to nod through a conversation, but spend hours afterward wondering if there was something you missed.

As this pattern continues, you will appear distant from those with whom you are interacting, although this is likely due to a lack of energy rather than interest in them.

Better Technology = Better Support = More Confidence

Technology is becoming increasingly discreet, unobtrusive, and responsive to the demands of everyday living. Modern hearing technologies are no longer merely about increasing volume, that can be almost as draining.

Creating an environment to allow you to focus on a single voice, rather than multiple sources of background noise, will be a better strategy than attempting to reduce all types of background noise. Using AI hearing aids may also minimize fatigue from hearing multiple competing auditory signals in most typical social settings.

Ease Returns Gradually

Eventually, you begin to accept invitations for dinner again. You become more confident participating in group conversations instead of waiting until someone speaks directly to you. Social gatherings, such as phone calls or visits with family members, can similarly become less stressful as well, since you don’t have to mentally prepare for missing key information.

The gradual emergence of this type of confidence should be understood as returning to your normal self and engaging with the world as you did prior to developing a sense of unease related to hearing difficulties.

Quietly Reclaiming Ease Through Being Heard

Ultimately, a good hearing assistive device is able to provide a fundamental and uncomplicated benefit: that of being easy. 

You are able to respond more spontaneously. You will find yourself laughing at the appropriate moments. You will be able to ask others to repeat what they said less often. And as such, you can have a greater sense of participating in the conversation rather than losing your way through it due to concern about whether or not you were clearly understood.

Perhaps most importantly, that is exactly the nature of the fundamental change. Not technology for its own sake, but supportive technology that allows you to retain membership within your community, in essence, allowing you to participate in the day-to-day events and stories that provide warmth and connection to life.

​Why Transportation Matters in Luxury Weddings

Luxury weddings are built around creating a seamless experience and ensuring every visual element matches the style and tone of the celebration. Vehicles are often part of that presentation. Classic cars, luxury SUVs, sports cars, and chauffeur-driven sedans are commonly used for:

• Grand entrances and exits
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Destination Weddings and Vehicle Logistics

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Enclosed transport is especially useful for:

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Car Shipping for Honeymoon Travel

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Modern luxury weddings involve far more coordination than many people realize. Behind every elegant celebration is a network of vendors managing timing, presentation, and guest comfort. Car shipping has become part of that larger logistical picture. It offers a practical way to protect valuable vehicles, simplify travel arrangements, and support the polished experience couples want for themselves and their guests.