scottyrocks
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Sunny said:I sing in several choirs, and let me tell you, that is arguably the most common places to see a person faint nowadays. People lock their knees, they stand motionless for 30-60 minutes at a time, often hot lights or the sun are beating down, and they're singing - and especially if they've been stupid and skipped meals - they can drop like flies. It's not a shock thing at all. Like Lizzie said, it's cutting off the blood to the brain; and standing still slows the circulation.
And my father fainted during Civil Air Patrol formation in high school. He just remembers feeling tired, then the next thing he saw was grass stretching away from before his eyes. He must have just fallen like a tree. And the poor guy's 6'8", so that's a long way to fall!
I completely forgot about this. My daughter sang in high school choir for 4 years. Durng one of their concerts, the risers were packed. The kids were all wearing their robes, and they were packed together pretty close. The room was getting warm. One of the underclassmen just buckled right there in the middle of the riser. He had to be carried/escorted out.