22 November 2018

The only warm place for us in All Saints School was the dining room and we gathered there with a fresh running order for our Christmas concerts. The hall was full of penguins ....

We only had 18 songs to run through tonight, which includes our Christmas booklets, and three lovely extra songs. 

As we sang the first song, Ed apologised for sound issues as of course under-floor-heating dining rooms were not designed to sing concerts in. And on we sang ...

When we stopped for the interval Ed’s watch thought he had been working out for 30 minutes and his choir had been singing for about 25 minutes!

A Spaceman Came Travelling - should it stay or should it go now? Get your YouTube out everyone! We had to add some Ho Ho Ho to Winter Wonderland. Men only so that they sound like Santa. For a final treat we did Can’t Take My Eyes Offa You and ed provided the shadow puppets. 

Well done DFS, that was quite a sing-a-thon! Seasons Greatings x

8 November 2018

Back onto the hall after half term with much to do, Ed reminded us of the reminders on the DFS website. Do keep bringing in raffle prizes for our Christmas concerts on the 5th and 6th of December. We russled our new song books in anticipation as Ed raffles off some CATS tickets for our lovely charity. Thank you for the donation Carol ...

On sat 1st December at 2.30 we are singing outside The Clipper, and the15th December at The Fire Station time to be confirmed. 

We began singing with no warm up Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and I felt all warm inside. I’ve missed you lately, dear choir. Then  O Holy Night. Ed really wanted to get through all 15 songs tonight. Remember that the ends of both choruses are different. 

Deck The Halls might have a very small typo. We didn’t let it put us off. No time to Sleep In Heavenly Peace. Yes I know that’s not the title. Then splitting the next song into Men and Lady parts, we told the tale of Good King Wenceslas and his pizza, deep-pan, crisp and even. 

Not as well known See Amid The Winter’s Snow was admirably sung by those who did know it. Now In The Bleak Midwinter has two tunes and Ed demonstrated both before a choir vote. Show of hands resulted in the one everyone already knows. 

And into the pop songs we went Walking In A Winter Wonderland to tell A Winter’s Tale. Repeating the chorus a Capella sounded lovely and there’s really no need to go up at the end, even though it’s still Christmas....

A Spaceman Came Travelling is another song we all think we know quite well until we try to fit all of the words into the right lines at the right times. But we all know Slade! We stood to sing Merry Christmas Everything and sat again to go Rocking Around The Christmas Tree. That got the party started! 

Back to earth again with When A Child Is Born which may or may not have Ed speaking wise words over the bridge-which-is-hummed. White Christmas was our fake-last-song tonight secretly followed by Fairytale Of New York. 

And then it was time to go home and sleep off the drunkenness... until next time of course. Well done DFS, you’ve really put me in the mood. I love you, keep singing xxx