Our choir concert was yesterday at our local performing arts centre. The theme was FAMILY. We sang a medley from Mamma Mia plus songs such as Dance with My Father, Chosen Family, Sister Song, In My Daughter's Eyes and We are Family. The youth choir also sang songs and there were poetry readings and dance acts too. Our usual choir mistress had taken this academic year off to spend more time with her family but is reported to be returning in September. We had been led this past year by a stand-in who has been quite amusing, even when she tells us off for doing something wrong. Her style and approach has been quite different but nevertheless likeable. Of course yesterday was baking hot and we are not allowed to bring water bottles onto the stage, so under the lighting and smoke effects, we were boiling.
There are about 80 of us in the choir altogether. Four of them are from the same family - father, mother with their son and daughter in their early twenties. Sadly the father died two weeks ago from cancer. He had not been to rehearsals for the last year, but hoped to return at some stage. It was quite emotional when his wife announced his death last week on our Whatsapp group. There were over 50 messages of outpouring sympathy. It made it all the harder to sing some of those emotional words about FAMILY and FATHER in the songs.
I hope to be able to post some videos later when I can get hold of some.
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