Following our much acclaimed appearance at The Firle Garden Show on Sunday 17th, with grateful thanks to singers from our Lewes, Worthing and Chichester local groups who joined forces there, nine of us returned to the John Harvey Tavern to sing again. Many drinkers were sitting outside in the sunshine which is a hopeful sign, but as the sun sinks below the horizon, trade drops too and so, unfortunately, the pub’s closing time remains 9pm.
We started with "Hal-n-Tow", "It Is The First Of May" and "May Day Carol", before Tina patiently taught us Alan’s "Lammas Carol" which will be a good one to use in performance sets, not only for 1st August, but for times that we are considering Harvest or Milling. Then on to two sea songs: "Littlehampton Collier Lads" and "They Won’t Let Us Go to Sea Any More", before some serious work on "Oldland Mill" and the harmonies that Tina has written for us. They are on the blog under “Songs and Recordings”, lyrics and three harmony lines, choose whichever you like.
After a break we returned to learn two harmonies for "Halnaker Mill" which sound hauntingly good. We gave "Seasons Turn" a good airing (it should be brushed up for inclusion on future set lists) before finishing with "The East Sussex Drinking Song" which was a fortuitous choice because Adrian had joined us for the evening after a long absence.
This month’s ZOOM session with Tina was before the Firle Garden Show. Our next SDFS gathering will be at the "Big Opening Day" at Oldland Mill, Keymer on 1st of May.
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