Our usual leaders, Alan and Dave, couldn't be there but our July's session at the "Chichester Inn” went ahead - and we welcomed a new member, Roger.
We'd agreed to concentrate on songs we like and, more importantly, know, and during the session we covered a good few from the list for the Weald and Downland Museum's Lammas event at which the SDFS will be singing on July 30th - "On Sussex Hills”; "Rosebuds in June”; "Brisk Young Ploughboy”; "Green Grow the Laurels”; “Nightingale” ; "Country Life”; "One for the Rook” and "Farmers Toast”. We also tried the newest ones: "Lammas Carol” and, rather less successfully, "Oldland Mill”. Some other old favourites were requested: “Three Maidens”; "Pleasant and Delightful”; "Rolling in the Dew” - and "Ebernoe Horn Fair”, which, as Gordon reminded us, would be happening again as usual on July 25th.
In a break from singing our South Downs songs, the beer drinkers were delighted by what the “Chichester Inn" had to offer this month, and we were all delighted by the beautiful song “Harbour” by Anna Tabbush, sung for us by Stephen, Sue and Viv. (Stephen reported, Anna is a choir leader from Midhurst and she wrote “Harbour" in the wake of the Syrian crisis. Since the Ukraine crisis she has made the song available to download for free, only asking users to make a donation to the Refugee Council). Gordon also entertained us with his song, "Site For Sore Eyes", about the Virgin Mary Spring in Petworth, which has now become a regular part of the annual pilgrimage to the spring. And when it came to closing the session, “Rolling Home” was again requested to send us on our way. More next month!
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