Weymouth Festival of Remembrance

Dorset for Singing met in the room of the ocean to practice getting into a nice line in order to go onstage. Some of us were already dressed and wearing poppies, others waiting until later to pull on their bright tops and black bottoms. In this picture I look like the one who smells bad. Truthfully though, no one ever wants to come forward straight away! Ed told us all to make 4 rows and smile, and we had a bit of a run through. 

The run through was probably steeped with nerves. As we felt the lights upon us some members came in too early, and some too late. But despite this hiccup, we all came back at 7.30pm determined to keep our collective eyes on Ed. Just before we went on, we were given this wonderful certificate of appreciation. How we laughed because we hadn’t done our bit yet! 

I’m delighted to share the following photos of us with permission of Weymouth Festival of Remembrance, with all credit to Graham Hunt Photography. Don’t we look cheerful in our veritable rainbow of coloured tops? We did one million times better on stage, and even remembered our cheekbones. I’d forgotten how hard it is to see the audience from beneath those bright lights! 

And Ed was so proud. He gave us an intimate double thumbs up in front of his chest where the audience didn’t see, and was grinning like the choir master who was getting a kebab for tea. Looking at the awesome photo below you can see pure love, of choir, of singing and of community spirit. 

It was a real honour to be part of this festival, and a great blessing to perform in a concert, our first since Christmas 2019. Well done DFS, You were amazing. But that’s not why I love you! Xxx