Choir


Twenty five members of the choir met in the grounds of our rehearsal hall this evening. Twenty six if you counted Mary , who has attended each one of our Zoom virtual meetings and now has achieved a sort of status of choir mascot.
We all brought drinks and nibbles and the novelty of meeting each other in person was enhanced greatly when Jamie informed us that he had checked the rules and the government had given us the green light to sing outside.....
And sing we did.
It was difficult at first as singing when you are separated from all of your fellow bases etc by swirling air and a six feet gap is incredibly difficult but haltingly and with much self consciousness we sang And after five months apart several of the choristers cried openly at the true and raw power of that moment.

Another mini victory against Covid



Jamie reassuringly had grown his 1940s RAF moustache for the evening  


37 comments:

  1. Mary. Bless her. I don't understand why the government mightn't have wanted you to sing outdoors.

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  2. Good to see you all back together actually not virtually

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  3. Great to see you all together again.

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    1. It wasn’t an unexpected sing ,, and all the more emotional because of it

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  4. What a happy post you can feel the ambiance and welcoming feel of the moment, awesome photo of sweet Mary.

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    1. The whole evening was of warmth and gentle good humour

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  5. JacquieB8:22 pm

    Oh I am so happy for you and just a little jealous. Choir, I sing with two down here in Devon, and attending others' concerts is the one thing that I have missed so very much.

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    1. I don’t think we will be singing inside for a while though

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    2. JacquieB7:29 am

      Singing outside would be wonderful. Though perhaps not in today's weather.

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  6. Keep chalking up the victories...for friendship, community, ingenuity, determination...hopefully, we will emerge from Covid braver, stronger and kinder.

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    1. Nicely written , thank you charlotte x

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  7. Barbara Anne8:42 pm

    Where there is a will, there's a way! Brilliant that all of you choir members, Jamie, and Mary could get together to sing. Difficulties of distance aside, it must have been wonderful.

    Love the photo of you and Mary and I do believe I heard her bark during the video. Sweet!

    Charlotte did say it well!

    Hugs!

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    1. It wasn’t her...she was lying on one soprano’s knee with her legs in the air

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  8. It looked a Beautiful evening x

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  9. Heartwarming!
    Bonnie in Minneapolis

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  10. Anonymous9:30 pm

    You appear to have a radiation burn, or is it just false colour in the photo?

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    1. I always have a high colour in the sun, it was hot
      Ps I’ve always looked as though I was a sunburnt farmer

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  11. awwwwww, mary and her daddy! no wonder she's the choir mascot!

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  12. Sounds like a wonderful evening. I used to sing in my church choir when I was a kid. I loved it. Great picture of you and Mary.

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  13. Wonderful, so wonderful.

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  14. Sorry for my pessimistic weather forecast. It's good to see that the weather was kind for you all this evening. Excellent.

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  15. A victory indeed. Everyone enjoyed being together. Your video picked up happy chatter and laughter. Just what we all need a bit more of these days.

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  16. I want a denim romper suit

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  17. The sound of happy voices.

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  18. What have you done with your Nephew ? ?
    So lovely to be connected to your singing tribe again.

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  19. And I got to hug and kiss two of my grandchildren today. What a good day for both of us!

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  20. This looks like such fun and how wonderful that Mary was there! I'm sure this was also healing for all of you after not seeing one another for so long.

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  21. A wonderful pic of you and Mary.
    Glad you're all back together.x

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  22. What a powerful gathering. It was wonderful to start the video with the sound of everyone's laughter. But I was hoping to hear you all sing. Everything about this post made me happy... and that's not an easy thing to accomplish in the early part of the day.

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  23. Aww ... I bet you all needed that :-)

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  24. The one in the denim romper looks interesting...

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  25. How lovely to see each other and sing together again.

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