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Last night was our Christmas Priestfield concert which is always a very jolly affair. A good few Rudsambeelets were running a little late last night (including Maestro Boy so he couldn't even give us a row!) and I now remember why I don't wear high heels regularly, after running from University to Dalkeith Rd. However, the rehearsal went off without a hitch.

There are two particularly jolly things about singing at Priestfield. 1) the people are just so friendly - they always smile at us (in an encouraging 'we like what we are hearing' sort of way rather than in sympathetic pity) and 2)there is always a cup of tea at the interval. In fact the interval at Priestfield is always so chilled out (there are even biscuits!) that generally the Rudsambeelets have to forcibly gear themselves for the second half!

The whole concert went rather well I thought, though you'd have to ask the audience. It is always a laid back affair (mostly due to the sweetness of the audience) and there is lots of laughter on and off the stage. Particular hilarity reserved for Deck the Hall (singular) yesterday...wait 'til Saturday night!

Oh, did you catch Leith FM on Monday night? Blogstress and Maestro Boy were live across the airwaves for all of ten minutes. I think we managed to say everything we needed to, once we'd worked out which Saturday night we were singing - we could hear Anne screaming (not literally of course, her voice isn't that loud - Balerno to Leith is a fair whack!) "this Saturday, THIS Saturday!"

You'll get another post on Saturday/Sunday/whenever the Blogstress has a spare moment, to fill you in on the concert at Augustine's. Do come along if you are free. If you saw the St Giles' concert then come to this one too. Not only will you have the pleasure of hearing O Magnum Mysterium again, but you will also have the chance to hear the Rudsambeelets sing in Polish, do a bit of modern American jazz, attempt a 'seat-of-your-pants' Vitoria number and enjoy a new piece called Trees of the Field which, as Kay pointed out in her introduction last night, is a song "about trees in... a field". [Chris says: And don't forget the two Divas' special!]

Until then
CSW