I’ve baked a cake for tomorrow in Redruth. It’s Murdoch Day and Redruth Pride.
It’s the Falmouth Shanty festival this weekend and late afternoon saw The Suitcase Singers on stage. It was really good fun to be part of the event.
The Suitcase Singers on stage
The basses and the tenors
Looking out over Falmouth Bay
Today is the 15th birthday of LiveWire no 3 and the poem for today in A Poet for Every Day of the Year is the delightful
Translated from the German by Jessie Lamont.
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As we are about to start singing
On display
Just finished singing The Twelve Days of Christmas with audience participation
One of the beautiful horses
Lights across the Trehaddle Valley on zoom
No zoom
It was a good sing this morning. This was our warm-up song.
My reading for the last week has been ‘Mad Honey ‘ by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan. it was brilliant, informative, compelling and one of those books you just can’t put down. Like others of her books, it deals with very important issues while being a cracking good story.
The Suitcase Singers, one of the choirs I sing with, have been loving learning this beautiful Peter Amidon arrangement of Hallelujah,. We can’t wait to learn the next verse! Do have a listen.
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After a lovely, animated breakfast out with friends, I took these photos on the way home. The trees are just beginning to turn.
My choir, The Suitcase Singers have been part of this festival, the biggest free music festival in Europe, on the opening day this afternoon. We are in the middle of a storm warning and the heavens have opened this afternoon so the kind people of the Falmouth Hotel allowed us to sing inside instead of on the outdoor stage. 
The audience were fabulous and seemed to really appreciate us and we loved the performance.
Just opposite the hotel is Castle Beach, the place where my lovely Mr Smith gave me my engagement ring 58 years ago! The tide was out on that occasion. 🙂
Just look at the view from the Zed Shed where we rehearsed this morning and then listen to an African piece that we sang today. Thanks to S for the recording. I hope both contribute to your happiness!
The Suitcase Singers sang our hearts out in Trelissick Gardens this afternoon with an enthusiastic audience up for joining in and having fun.
Afterwards we went into Trelissick House to see the gorgeous decorations, delightful Christmas trees, one at least in every room, and some quirky dancers. Click on any photo in the gallery for more detail.
Singing at the Zed Shed where this vision of peace greets us in the morning, is very soul restoring.
Choir this morning have recorded a short piece for the ShelterBox Auction. The top bidder for us will win an hour’s concert! Here is a YouTube video for you of The Suitcase Singers singing Anne Glanville
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When our Ukrainians were with us, I contacted Spotlight South West to encourage them to see the show and do interviews with the Hooligan Art Community. Here is the interview for you to see. It takes a while to load.
My choir sang at Krowji Open weekend this afternoon and what a happy bunch of singers we are! It was such a joy to be singing again, with an audience and Christmas carols after missing out last year completely.
In the intervals between singing, we wandered around the exhibitions and I loved the work on this door. 
In one of the rooms were these posters of protest which appealed to me too. The artist gave her permission for the ‘Armchair Protest’ to be put on here.I missed her name and hope to find out soon..
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