Wonderful to get together again and also to welcome three new members -two of whom were there from the start - Joan Gemmell and Malcolm Douglas while the third, Mairi McArthur who had been passing on a walk, heard our singing and came to join in.
John, Gordon & Carol, Diana, Irene, Moira, Kate and Isla made 11 altogether and Jim. Rosemary and Sheila were all still on holiday.
GREAT NEWS!
We got ALL the money we asked for - £2527 from AWARDS FOR ALL which is administered by the Scottish Arts Council.
So now it’s full steam ahead to confirm our order to Studio 49 in Germany for Orff instruments and also to other suppliers for delicious things including a beautiful big cymbal, tunable hand drums and a large floor tom.
They should arrive at the end of September and the janitor is currently organising a good,lockable storage for us (all the instruments, that is!) in the C. E. centre.
NEW SONGS.
A ‘call and response’ song about a situation very common today, where grandparents, left in charge of babies, find themselves at a loss to know what to do with them ‘What shall we do with the baby, O?’
After this ‘warm up ‘ song we did some good singing in SIYAHAMBA a song from South Africa, eventually blending in some drumming. Like many African songs this will benefit from adding harmony which of course will be a dawdle for us next week.
Several of us had read about the U.K.’s oldest woman who attributed her longevity, surprisingly, to salt and this had started me thinking about Scotland’s staple of not that long ago which was tatties and herring, salt herring, of course.
Our final song of the morning, therefore, was The Jolly Herring.
Best wishes to all,Moira.
