Fifteen stalwart Chichester supporters plus Stanley the dog attended the August Chichester session and with Alan occasionally in charge and sometimes not, sung their way through the set list for the forthcoming Arundel Festival appearance. During the first half these included: "One for the Rook", "Ale Glorious Ale", "Lammas Carol", "Turnip Hoer" and "Fathom the Bowl". It was decided to swap out "Oldland Mill" for something a bit more boisterous as singing conditions in Arundel could be tricky in view of a noisy background. It was decided that "Twanky Dillo" would probably fit the bill.
To enliven the evening, Alan introduced a humorous skit for all to sing based on the harvest song, Plough the Fields and Scatter (Harvest Moan by Sid Kipper) which was much appreciated and Gordon sang one of his incomparable compositions “Termite Hoer” – how did he manage to write a line with a perfect rhyme to Voice Activated…?
Alan called all to order and commenced on the second half of the evening, picking from the Arundel set. "Oak & Ash & Thorn", "Sussex Wedding Song". Everyone present seemed confident with the rest of the set, so there followed a variety of material for all to enjoy. Dave G introduced a potential new song from the singing of The Copper Family "All the Young Brethren", to much general acclaim and Steve recorded it to put onto the potential new song list on the website. He also gave a rousing rendition of a version of "John Barleycorn" as we are rapidly approaching the Autumn season and there was much discussion about differing versions! Alan taught some lines from "All Among the Barley" as re-introduced by Emily at the last Worthing session and settled various differences of opinion about the tune! He also tried out his own composition, "My Downland Remembered" and agreed with the suggestion that it could do with a chorus between verses. "Searching for Lambs" followed by "The Parting Song" rounded off the evening in fine voice.
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