Lewes Local Group Report – Monday May 20th 2024

Nine singers came along to this open-air session. While looking into a new permanent venue, we met first at Fuego Lounge for coffee and chat before making our way to the nearby Railway Land Nature Reserve, where we sang at what we call “The Magpie Tree” where we had previously met during Covid. 

We focussed on songs for the upcoming event at Amberley Museum and tackled the following:

“Come Stranger, Come Friend”, “Fathom the Bowl”, “Pleasant and Delightful”, “Summer is a-Coming in Again”, “Oak and Ash and Thorn”, “The Magpie” (none audible today sadly), “Hal an Tow”, “The Cuckoo”, “Ladies Go Dancing at Whitsun”. We ended with “Thousands or More”, which most of us know by heart, which was just as well as by that point fading light stopped play.

Although we had a shorter session than usual to allow for the later start and earlier finish, we had a balance of voices and made a good sound with the various harmonies, and it was good to enjoy the open air. As one singer later wrote, “Thanks for yesterday's open-air session, which was pleasant with a modicum of delight, if latterly a little too cool for 'delightful'.”