It is sad when traditions or activities that we enjoyed with our kids begin to end as they get older. Hang in there.

Thanks for your help on the last post, really appreciated.

Ah, this sounds like a final concert curtain for a meaningful activity you got to do with your boys (now men!). I don’t know, but from my experience as a choir director, I would be gutted to lose three good male singers in one fell swoop!

If your motivation was based mainly as a singing activity with your kids, then it sounds like the curtains have come down. But if it was also to foster a further appreciation for great choral music and an opportunity to get to know other choir members in your community, then more rehearsals could be fun. Who knows, perhaps that tightly knit clutch of high school teachers will loosen up to include you more, now that your kids will no longer be there? For teachers, the dynamics between parents and teachers can change when the kids have flown both nests (school and home). Maybe they felt you were just there more to be with your sons, and acted accordingly (as teachers, to be fair, will do when parents are around) to those boundaries. But now they can have more freedom to get to know you not only as a great dad, but a genuine friend!

Besides, they might really need you and your voice to hold up the part of the church building that is cracking up and leaning off key (foundationally speaking, of course)!