Classic carols
Friday's choir practice went well and we have a practice on Monday to work on the carols. Worked Saturday and the reading group met and went out for lunch at Antipasto. I went along at 12 and ordered rigatoni and tiramisu. It came quickly so I was back at the library at 1 so Elizabeth could go along. There were 12 at lunch and it only cost £10 as Graham organised half-price! To Brompton oratory where I met Liz. Rose vestments but the priest did everything including the readings and the psalm read without response. He also stands at the high altar with his back to us. Very unimpressed by it all. The homily was good but the same delivery for everything meant that it all went by in a blur!
To the Royal Albert Hall and got parked near the hall. Robert Dean was on good form although the jokes were pretty bad. What do you get if you drop an organ down a mine shaft? A flat minor.
And if you drop the Albert Hall on an army base? A flat major.
It was a fun concert and we were wearing our brightest ties and outfits. Most enjoyable and packed. Can't say the tenor soloist was that wonderful - Julian Gavin. It started at 8 and finished around 10 p.m. Robert's arrangement of "Silent night" was well received.The Rutter and Willcocks arrangements with the orchestra were lovely especially "Here we come a wassailing" and Roderick Elms versions of "We three kings" and "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer". Heard a little girl singing this in the street near the ice rink in front of the Natural History museum where Liz had bought a Christmas pudding candle!
Ahmed tenor from Turkey was teasing me about my red Aids day ribbon and hoe evryone would think I was homosexual! How silly!
To the Royal Albert Hall and got parked near the hall. Robert Dean was on good form although the jokes were pretty bad. What do you get if you drop an organ down a mine shaft? A flat minor.
And if you drop the Albert Hall on an army base? A flat major.
It was a fun concert and we were wearing our brightest ties and outfits. Most enjoyable and packed. Can't say the tenor soloist was that wonderful - Julian Gavin. It started at 8 and finished around 10 p.m. Robert's arrangement of "Silent night" was well received.The Rutter and Willcocks arrangements with the orchestra were lovely especially "Here we come a wassailing" and Roderick Elms versions of "We three kings" and "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer". Heard a little girl singing this in the street near the ice rink in front of the Natural History museum where Liz had bought a Christmas pudding candle!
Ahmed tenor from Turkey was teasing me about my red Aids day ribbon and hoe evryone would think I was homosexual! How silly!
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