It was great
to be a member of the choir at St Paul’s Llandudno on Saturday 29th
September. We formed at 10am, a very mixed bag in which most people already
belonged to a choir and were familiar with the pieces to be sung.
For some
reason I had assumed the choir would be much bigger than the forty we were and was
feeling a bit exposed at being 20% of the bass line! But Michael crossed over
from the tenors and then we were six.
At 7:30pm we
were on stage by the altar singing a bit of Messiah and then the ‘Palestrina’
but my favourite was Vivaldi’s Gloria. With Chris like a tuning fork on my left
and Michael on my right, nudging me when to sing or stop, and various hand
movements to indicate a wrong note or which bar we were in – I muddled through and
loved the experience. My first time in a choir since schooldays.
Our goal was
to help raise funds for the William Hill organ installed back in 1910. A total
of £150K is needed but I think sufficient funds are now available for at least
the bellows to be fixed. This is what a 102 year old organ sounds like in a cold
church with a very high ceiling:
Thanks everyone for making it such a great occasion and to Alison Smith for organising it.
