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Date: 15 May 2010 20:06:04
The altos helped out the sopranos at morning Eucharist, singing Stanford's 'O for a closer walk with God'. Which we gladly did, as there have been several instances in the past when the help has been the other way around. Instead of Evensong, we sat back to enjoy the well-regarded school Gospel Choir at the ecumenical Christian Aid service. It was a strange experience to see the united reformed minister all robed up, while our own reader wore jeans. I think they were in rehearsal for an episode of 'Trading Places'. (Hopefully she'll put her 'clothes' back on again for normal service to resume next week). Ascension Day saw us in a rather different church - All Saints Margaret Street. We sat among the draughts from the refurbishment scaffolding (and watched the polythene billow out around the organ pipes during the loud passages). A highly competent choir sang Padilla's Missa 'Ego flos campi' and Finzi's 'God is gone up', after which we were amused by the descending sanctuary lamps (one of which narrowly missed an unwary acolyte's chin).