17 December 2023
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I doubt many churches will be leaving their carol services until next weekend so there have been a lot going on this weekend. I’ve had two so far and another one to come tomorrow. Yesterday was the Diocesan Global Carol … Continue reading
19 December 2022
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I’ve done what is probably my last official concert of the year with CSWO at the mayor’s carol service, held at All Saints with Holy Trinity. We did some tunes before the service, played for many of the carols and … Continue reading
11 December 2022
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This year, our church carol service was a week earlier than we would normally have placed it. I’m not sure whether next Sunday evening’s World Cup final will be such a problem for services held on 18th December now that … Continue reading
14 November 2022
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Rehearsals will start soon for the Christmas choir at Thorpe Acre church, in preparation for the carol service at 6pm on Sunday 11 December. Getting ready for that is relatively straightforward on the music side. I have suitable parts for … Continue reading
19 December 2021
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Phew! This year’s carol service passed off well. Shorter than normal (just five lessons, five carols and a bit of talking) but I got the choir dressed up as sheep and shepherds and all was good. Now, what can I … Continue reading
18 December 2020
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I managed to get the carol service cut together and uploaded last night (finally on the YouTube servers by about 11pm) and then polished off the Sunday morning service by lunchtime today. There’s a little bit more to do next … Continue reading
17 December 2020
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I’m entirely misquoting Muhammad Ali (‘float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’) but today is going to be a busy one, so ‘dance like a bee’ is the phrase that came to mind. Yesterday I managed to finish off … Continue reading
1 December 2020
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I’m pleased to say that my copyright claim defence of my version of O Little Town of Bethlehem has been accepted and Soundcloud has restored the file to my collection. It was still a pain but at least it wasn’t … Continue reading
23 December 2019
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I’ve been doing a lot of driving, loading, unloading and unpacking over the last few days but that little spate is now over and I think I’m ready to resume regular blogging services. One of the other things that I’ve … Continue reading
17 December 2018
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I obviously wasn’t singing as hard at this year’s carol service as I’ve done in recent previous years, as my voice wasn’t noticeably deeper and huskier today. …. or perhaps it was due to the expedient of dropping our traditional … Continue reading