The festive season arrived early to Ye Olde House at Home when we sang through the songs from the set planned for our events this month and next. Sweet Chiming Bells warmed us up with The Holly Bears a Berry and selected verses from the Sussex Mummers Carol to follow. The Sussex Carol, Hark the Herald Angels, The Holly and the Ivy, Here We Come A-wassailing and The Coppers Christmas Song brought us to a cheery and reviving break. With our thirsts quenched we resumed by singing the rounds Child of Light and Hey Ho Winter Snow, with the final line of each round repeated across each group to all finish singing together. The Falmer Carol then Angel Gabriel and lastly Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, to the Pentonville tune, closed our proceedings for this month. More next time on 4th December.
N.B. Advanced notice – because the first Wednesday of January will be New Years Day we are aiming to move our first Worthing meeting of 2020 to the following week, Wednesday 8th January, thereafter returning to the first Wednesday of each month as usual. This is still to be confirmed with the pub, so watch this space and our website diary page for more details.
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