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Date: 12 December 2005 20:54:42
The Third Sunday of Advent, with only the morning Eucharist to sing at. 'Rejoice in the Lord alway' (Anon.) was wheeled out for the third time this quarter, I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps it's the anthem which the choirmaster is most confident we can sing without our heads buried in the copies? We took it at a zippy pace this morning, rather than our usual laid-back style.
Instead of Evensong, there was a service of 'Reflection, remembrance and gratitude for our loved ones at Christmas', in other words another chance to remember those who have died in the previous year. I wasn't sure how many of the choir would turn out for this, having already sung on Remembrance Day and All Souls. However, by the appointed time there were fourteen of us robed and ready in the vestry and between one and two hundred in the congregation. So it obviously fulfilled a need. As did the coffee and mince pies (with clotted cream) in the parish centre afterwards.....