In This Lake With You

The example this week is from a rehearsal of One Bride for Seven Brothers. This is one of those alternate-reality stories, not the story the audience saw on the night. In this version, Nancy Buttons (Amy Currie) is an adventurer, an Amelia Earhart type, who is looking for a scientific solution to her town's long drought. She travels to the brothers' town, where it has rained non-stop for years, in the hope she can discover the source of the rain. Golly (Tristan Ham), the youngest brother, has been collecting rainwater and making a lake of his own. After realising Nancy shares his love of water, he and Nancy take a trip to the lake, where they start to fall in love.

In the song In This Lake With You, Amy sets up a great (simple!) chorus:

I'm in this lake with you
I'm in this lake with you
My dreams have all come true
For I'm in this lake with you

It's simple to pick up, simple enough that Amy and Tristan can trade chorus duties on the first chorus. That makes for a really effective duet.