Local Group Report – Worthing – Wednesday 5th September 2018

A genial but busy session began with reminder notices about the SDFS AGM in October and event plans for September. We started our singing with Thousands or More and some other old favourites: Rolling in the Dew, Old Adam, and The Turnip Hoer. Emily explained plans for our contribution to the BIg Sing at the Southdowns Folk Festival later this month, which includes joining in on the choruses of John Kanaka. This is not part of our usual folk repertoire so new to some, but fun was had in singing it through. Also in preparation for the SFF we sang the first verse of Song of the Sussex Downsman with the promise that although this is all that is needed for the Big Sing we will be learning the rest of the song in the future. With learning in mind Emily patiently helped us through the first verse of a new song The Fields Lie Silent to sing it without written words, before completing the song with the rest in print. A lovely song, liked by all. West Sussex Drinking Song and Ale Glorious Ale took us to a latish break before resuming with The Bee-Boy's Song, and again The Fields Lie Silent. Some more requests concluded the evening: Pleasant and Delightful, The Ladies Go Dancing At Whitsun and Ebernoe Horn Fair. (P.S. Our next meeting at YOHAH will be on Wednesday 3rd October, commencing at 7.00pm for the AGM to be completed before our singing starts.)