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Date: 18 March 2006 09:57:51
Today we nearly lost one of our invaluable tenors, who tried to knock himself out climbing up to the lectern. He always did complain that his cassock was too long - now we believe him. Fortunately, his composure and our amusement had recovered sufficiently in time for the anthem: 'Ave Verum Corpus' by Mozart. It was obviously a favourite of at least one member of the congregation, who congratulated us profusely over coffee. It is one of those anthems which has the danger of becoming rather hackneyed by overuse, so I'm glad our choir sings it sparingly.
The evensong anthem was 'View me, Lord' by Lloyd, another regular item in our repertoire. Fortunately during the service the organist realised that there was an additional verse over the page, unlike at the rehearsal. What else are practices for? The curate told us all off for rustling our pages too loudly during her 'Dearly Beloveds'. Obviously the choir were not her Dearly Beloveds tonight.