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Date: 04 January 2009 20:52:57
It was cold in the choir stalls today - on one of the coldest days of the year the heating wasn't working properly. The congregation in their thick, fur coats looked fairly cold, but our thin cassocks and surplices were even less protection. Still, the vicar warmed us up by making us laugh - announcing the first hymn as 'As with Gladness men of old, Never did what they were told'. A glass of sherry at the end of the service while we listened to a presentation by the church architect, followed by a delicious baked salmon lunch in the parish centre (where it was lovely and warm) helped to completely unfreeze the toes.
Numbers were still low as it is still the school holidays. So we took it easy today - singing 'Day by Day' (How) in the morning and 'Eastern Monarchs' (Lang) this evening. Rousing organ voluntaries at the end of both services helped to warm up the organist's hands - 'Nun danket alle God' (Karg-Elert) and 'Trumpet Tune' (Carter).