Local Group Report – Chichester – Thursday 18th October 2018

Last night’s Chichester session took place with 15 singers all told with Alan leading. After a few notices reminding singers of the upcoming events we made a start on some seasonal songs, as we only have two sessions at Chichester before the said events are upon us. We started off with the Sussex Carol and worked our way through The Coppers’ Christmas Song, The Falmer Carol with the addition of the extra verses, the Sans Day Carol, Pentonville which sounded great, and the Sugar Wassail. We reminded ourselves that The Moon Shone Bright is sung by the women with the men humming at the end of the verses. We also ran through The Sussex Mummers’ Carol and Sweet Chiming Bells followed by the new seasonal song Fields Lie Silent, which we all enjoyed. After our break Alan led us with a round of Stir Up We Beseech Thee, which after getting the timing right was good fun.  We finished the evening with a non-Christmassy Valiant’s All at Alan’s request as we hadn’t sung it for a while.