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DCYC 50th anniversary Concert: Old Songs and Muscle Memory

In the second blog from the fortnight of madness, let’s skip to the end, and a rather grand change of scenery.

Durham Cathedral 25th April 2014 - the view from the Naughty Row.
Durham Cathedral 25th April 2014 – the view from the Naughty Row.

That’s where more than a hundred of us were last Friday – in Durham Cathedral, nailing down the final tricky bits of Handel’s Messiah for Durham County Youth Choir‘s 50th anniversary concert. About 24 hours later, we’d be doing the same thing in evening dress in front of pews full to bursting. For all memories and feelings the reunion had brought up, after months of nostalgia, almost play-acting at being in a choir again, the reality of it would begin to sink in.

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Other Stuff: All We Like Sheep in Durham Cathedral…

…But here’s something for after the long weekend. If you’ve picked up the kindle version of La Femme (going for a song), and flipped to About The Authors, you may have noticed I’m spending some of my spare time (Hahahaha! Haha! Ha!) as a choral singer at the moment. Here’s why.