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Date: 04 July 2005 09:34:17
Full choir stalls today, and a full altar rail of choristers for communion. Our latest treble newcomer has proved his worth by not only showing that he can sing but has also recruited a young friend. The only thing we were short of in the morning was altos - we only have four at the moment, so any absentees are sorely missed. 'Hail Glorious Spirits' by Tye fortunately has no exposed alto part, so it went well enough: the only problem being that it is so short. We get all fired up to sing, and it is over in the blink of an eye.
The sermons on Thomas (Eucharist) and Job (Evensong) fitted in rather well with the evening Anthem: 'Lord give me faith' by Robson. And another voluntary by our youngest organist - I think this could become a regular feature, and a jolly good thing too. The poor organ cannot cope with all this enthusiasm and needs a complete overhaul - we've all been invited to sponsor a pipe, or sponsor an organ voluntary - it will be interesting to see what the organist gets asked to play.....