Ten singers gathered at the "Chichester Inn" to share some songs. We were sad to miss the leadership of Alan who had to stay at home on flood alert as the waters of the Arun rose, but in his place Stephen A. did an excellent job in keeping us all on track.
The group worked its way through the songs listed for our events at the Weald and Downland Museum (November 27th) and Petworth House (December 10th) - without too much arguing about keys and starting notes, or the word changes that have been made here and there over the years - and by keeping up a good pace we sounded pretty good. Exceptions were: "Silent Night ", an incomer to our usual songs and we weren't prepared for more than a single verse - and our modest attempts at the rounds "Gather Round the Fire" and "Hey Ho". We moved on with the "Falmer Carol", not in the current event sets but which we all liked - and wondered why we only sang two verses and repeated one when there are other verses which help to tell the Christmas story? Something to be considered with SDFS chums in our other groups, in the hope of using the whole song in future.
NB - At close of play our host at the "Chichester Inn" informed us that arrangements for our next meeting on December 15th would need to change due to a Christmas party booking. The smaller bar was offered instead. Our singers will be consulted on this option and revised plans will be confirmed as soon as possible. (Please watch this News page or the Diary Dates page for details.)
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