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Date: 07 July 2008 17:55:23
Throat and cough almost better, and just in time too - for it was the christening of one of our future choir members: the baby daughter of one of the altos. We celebrated by singing 'The strength of God guide you' (Harper), as soprano solo, sopranos plus ATB hum, full. Little J's grandmother - a former chorister - joined us to sing, as was fitting for the occasion. There was total silence from the congregation while we sang and we could hear that it was very effective. Even the baby liked it - we know these things. The sopranos made the most of singing the descant to 'Praise my Soul the King of Heaven', after which we tucked into an enormous cake. I like christenings.
Rain stopped play in the Federer v. Nadal final just in time for us to venture out to Evensong. We were able to sing 'O for a closer walk with God' (Stanford) and still get back in time for Nadal's victory in the nail-biting fifth set.