When your secretary and treasurer are willing to stay in their posts and continue the good work, then the rest is easy, as they say and so it was with us this morning. We concluded our A.G.M. promptly, and were glad of the good cup of coffee and a chat after our three week absence, before moving on to the singing.
GAUDEAMUS HODIE was a good start and we settled in to the three parts comfortably, enjoying the harmonies. Similarly with ALLELUYA which is based on Pachelbel's Canon and also in three parts. All that good practice in the winter months paid off and we picked it up effortlessly which is when you really get to enjoy the song. Looking out on the swans in the pond on a sunny spring morning, we were singing exactly the right word.
A favourite Easter Carol in our group is Martin Shaw's arrangement of the old French carol, tune Besançon, and words by J.M.C. Crum, LOVE IS COME AGAIN. We sang this in full voice, with plenty of spring energy and following that, ALWAYS THE SINGING went with a beautiful lilt in three beat time.
Finally, for the benefit of new members, we returned to our old favourite, the Irving Berlin song, LAZY, which goes with a swing, always fun to sing.
Many members were unable to come today but our small number had plenty of verve and at the end of the morning, we all felt the benefit of the music good energy we'd passed round.
