Well done Joe :-)

Joe is the Youth Choir guy who was at the centre of the front row in the carol concerts, and he was given the job of sitting everyone down. Which he did perfectly, and it's remiss of me not to have mentioned him before. (Particularly as he had tinsel wrapped round his glasses by the end of the last concert - didn't notice it any earlier...)

Not actually very much to say about the last gig, when I think about it. It was very good - everything stayed in tune, in particular, making both choirs 4 for 4 on that front :-) The orchestra hats were probably at their most numerous - the leader didn't have his tinsel antlers, sadly, though. (He did have some less sparkly antlers in the second half, but they weren't as funny somehow.) The much-anticipated horn section silliness didn't really live up to expectations - they did finally don Santa hats, but only for about 5 seconds (literally) when they stood up and played a line of "Rudolph" in the middle of "Sleigh Ride". And that was it! They probably decided it was pointless trying to compete with the trombone section. Sadly I couldn't see the trombones from where I was sitting, apart from Andy's top half when he stood up, but they got the biggest round of applause when they walked onstage (beating only the cellist dressed as Santa). Andy Berryman, the principal trombonist, wore a black and purple long-haired wig, a cowboy-hat-style Santa hat, a bright yellow suit (like a Hi-De-Hi uniform, for those who remember such things) and a HUGE cleavage. I dread to think what he had on his bottom half... I couldn't see that...

There was an artist in the side circle, though, who was in a perfect position to see. Don't know who he was or what/why he was drawing, but he had a large sketching board in front of him throughout. Hopefully we'll see the results at some point!

Anyway, nothing else to say right now, so I'll wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. I'll post if anything prompts me to, otherwise see you at the next rehearsal - 11th January! My throat (and those of the basses - see comment on last-but-one post) might just have recovered from the descants by then :p