It was good to be back in The John Harvey Tavern after the heatwave forced us to abandon our July meeting. Beryl and Amaryllis joined Angela and me on our journey over from Worthing and Jan arrived with her souvenir from dancing at Sidmouth Festival - a wrist in plaster; and Cathy and Karen finally managed to see what we were like having already sung in choirs with Mac, Margaret and Tina. So there were 12 singers but only 11 voices as poor Tina was still being very cautious after losing her voice to a nasty throat virus. Nevertheless, she stoically led us through 15 songs especially those less familiar ones which we are more likely to use in performance situations: "Pleasant and Delightful," "Ale Glorious Ale", "The Magpie", "Country Life", "Rosebuds in June", "The Smugglers Song", "The Nightingale" and "On Sussex Hills". We checked "Oldland Mill" and "Halnaker Mill" ready for the Open Day on 4th September and practised "The Lammas Carol", "Hares on the Mountain" and "The Song of the Sussex Downsmen", before finishing with "The East Sussex Drinking Song" and "Thousands or More".
In September, we will meet a week earlier on 13th not the 20th so that we can rehearse before the Falmer/Stanmer event on September 18th (see the Diary Dates page on this Blog).
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