This was another small but determined gathering which nearly didn’t happen at all! 11 apologies had reached me before I left home - ranging from pub carols, Covid, dark nights, working late, shielding, dodgy weather, other illness, A27 closure – so I got the bus over from Brighton with some trepidation. On arrival I found the pub didn’t have us in the diary and there were already several other drinkers in the room we use so it couldn’t be reserved for our use.
4 other singers arrived, making 3 men and 2 women in total, so we decided we had enough balance and enthusiasm to carry on with the session and enjoy ourselves anyway. We started tucked away in a corner singing quietly but the other drinkers said they were enjoying hearing us and were very complimentary so we then sang louder.
We each in turn chose our favourites and also tried one of the new proposed songs. So we got through “Coppers’ Christmas Song”, “Sweet Chiming Bells”, “Poor Froze-Out Gardeners”, “Masters in this Hall”, “Wake Ye Shepherds” (the new one), “Good King Wenceslas”, “Falmer Carol”, “Fields lie Silent”, “On Sussex Hills” and “Seasons Turn” from the Christmas and cold weather songs and carols. Ray and I gave a close harmony rendering of “White Christmas” and we then closed with “Parting Song”.
As they cleared up around us at closing time the bar staff said what a lovely sound we had made and we headed out in high spirits but hoping for a few more singers to keep us company next month!
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