The music starts

Hello, Peeps. Blog no. 2 coming up... How are you all doing? Fed up with THE WEATHER yet? Brrrrr.

A new year, some new songs. We tried three last night. We tried. Actually, we didn’t do too badly and one day quite soon they will sound very lovely, I’m sure. Even the French one about having a flea in yer ear. Ollie wanted us to look and sound annoyed – surprisingly easy when trying to remember tune and words-sung-quickly-in-a-foreign-language all at once after not much practise at all. But, young Ol is starting as he means to go on and apparently there will be quite a bit more of that sort of thing in the future. Music? Folders? Who needs ‘em?

Best news: we have Kay 2/3 back. She will always be number 2 to those of us who didn’t know Kay 1 but Kay 3 to those who did and consider present Kay (1) to be Kay 2 (confused yet?). She first joined us last year while Natalie was ‘on a break’ but her temporary membership was all too short. Now, as Claire (yes, OK, 1) has left, Rachel has been bumped up to soprano status, et voila! space for another alto – hooray! She is very good. Aside from having a lovely voice she always seems to be in the right place and on the right note – a rare occurrence amongst Rudsambeeites let me tell you, disappointed though you may be at this glimpse behind-the-scenes.

More excitement: a possible new bass in the form of Anna-Lauren’s friend, Luke. I don’t know if he will be joining us but he braved rehearsal last night and was still smiling at the end so it looks promising. Don’t know much about him but, although he doesn’t look old enough to be so, he is married and I think he said he works in IT (well, someone has to. I just realised last night I have no idea what the ‘I’ in IT stands for. I’m a bit hazy on the ‘T’ too, in all honesty. Am I showing my age, perchance?) Yes. Welcome, Luke. Make (most of) us look a little jaded, if you must. And small. Very small. What an extraordinarily tall young man he is. If he joins I insist we stand him next to Rachel (particularly tiny) in the difficult songs. The comedy value will take people’s minds off our mistakes.
It is lovely to be singing again. Great to have a new programme to look forward to. Amusing to be responsible for this. And the Rudsambee tin of Quality Street is nearly empty. Yey!

Kisses.