The above quotation was heard during last week's rehearsal with reference to our gentlemen. Anne (who as everybody knows is musician extraordinaire) sat in the corner feeling ill and took on the Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-in-that-Sound-of-Music-reality-show role of commenting when the mood took (sorry, that grammar feels a little weird). In fact illness had taken a firm grip on the Rudsambeelets and we were seriously depleted last Wednesday.
Apologies for the delay in posting this week. My precious MacBook has been to the Mac Doctors and has come back today feeling much better with a clean screen and a working microphone. So I have only just looked at my notes from last week which are virtually indecipherable.
However, I will struggle on as best I can. Well we began with proper Christmas and the 'Apple Tree Wassail'. It is a jolly one and we did it without words (or at least with words but without them in front of us, if you get what I mean). We started, as Maestro Boy put it, with the men and the 'manly women'. Actually we did pretty well remembering it though the sopranos realised that there was a particular line that we have never sung right...not ever. Shock horror! We'll crack it this year though folks.
Much to my Mother's delight, we are doing the Lauridsen 'O Magnum Mysterium'. This is in my top five Rudsambee tunes and again our abilities for recollection were pretty impressive. This is a sensational piece of music - it'll be a highlight folks.
For Rudsambee, Christmas is no longer Christmas without 1) a random sing-a-long round the piano at the Christmas Party and 2) a bit of Abbie Betinis. So it'll be 'Run Toboggan Run' again this year. During conversations regarding who would sing what, Maestro Boy concluded that we would have 'normal people on the top'. This, of course, relies on the assumption that there are normal people in Rudsambee. One of the funniest moments of the evening came when we repeated the opening line about a dozen times so we could get the harmonies right. However, the first line is 'Anticipation's in the air'. After 12 plus runs through anticipation was no longer the defining emotion.
And so on to Saturday night and a lovely party round at Rachel's with Bel dressed as a pumpkin and Jen dressed as a ghost. Lots of good soup, good chat and a peaceful walk down Portobello beach. Nice! Get well soon one and all. Hopefully we'll have a full collection of Rudsambeelets come Wednesday. Until then folks...
CSW
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