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Date: 21 September 2005 18:06:22
The morning Eucharist was the turn of the retired Bishop of Crediton, wheeled back in to assist until they appoint a new Bishop of Plymouth. (Old Bishops never retire, they just dream that they mitre.) The choir was rather unbalanced during the anthem, 'Rejoice in the Lord Alway' (Anon), as there were thirteen and a half sopranos and only one and a half altos. Two of the junior choristers were confirmed from the choir - even on the day of their confirmation, they don't get time off.....
The Archdeacon of Plymouth preached at the Patronal Festival evensong - some of the choir were rather full after the enormous cream tea, but we still managed to sing 'With a voice of Singing' (Shaw) with extra gusto and welly, which it needs. Much of the rest of the music was a repeat of last week's cathedral evensong - but not many of the congregation were the same, so we hoped nobody would notice. At youth group afterwards, one of the younger basses composed the following ditty about the service:
There once was a musical vicar,
Whose conducting's as good as a ticker.
The Stanford's divine,
The Smith was sublime,
But I wished that the sermon was quicker.
Says it all, really......