Fourteen regular singers were joined by Sally, another Jan and Jill who all live fairly locally and will probably return. Also Pauline and Dave on holiday from Staffordshire joined in for the first half and Sandria arrived during the second half.
We started with Pleasant and Delightful, Rosebuds in June and then The Sussex Wedding Song to embarrass our newly weds, Jane and Adrian, followed by Green Grow the Laurel and Hard Times of Old England before Tina guided us to our newer songs. We sang through The Birds on the Spray twice and Our Captain Cried “All Hands” was faultless on first, full attempt!
After a refreshment break, Tina suggested revisiting two of our war-related songs which are still in the repertoire but unlikely to crop up again in a set list – All Things Are Quite Silent and Follow Me ’Ome. We sang through two verses of Dave T’s Caburn Hill with both tunes harmonizing well – we hope to record a verse soon for the blog so that you can all hear it. Then The Fields Lie Silent, The Turtle Dove with its easy but effective harmony and When Spring Comes In concluded the newer songs. We persuaded Adrian to sing the verses of his East Sussex Drinking Song while we all joined in the rousing choruses. We are unlikely to change the reference to The Beechwood Hall Hotel because that was where we met the Southdown Folk Singers that we now know so well. The hoardings are still up around our old haunt – that is seven months now. We finished the evening with Thousands Or More.
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