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SUMMARY:Festive Sunday at Manchester Craft and Design Centre 
DESCRIPTION:Singing in the rain\n\nSo\, we have had Halloween\, Bonfire Nig
 ht\, and on Sunday when we sang it was Armistice Day and the start of Diwa
 li. Clearly\, it was time for our first festive performance of the year! 
  After our warm-up rehearsal in Band on the Wall\, the choir sang under t
 he canopy outside the Manchester Craft and Design Centre and sheltered fro
 m the rain unlike our amazingly enthusiastic\, if wet\, audience.\n\nWe di
 d not really overdo the run up to Christmas unless you include our final L
 apland reindeer song Oley le Leyla and\, yes\, a few choir members did put
  on their reindeer antlers! And to capture this time of year we also sang 
 the lovely ‘Past Three A’Clock’ which invites us to hang on until th
 e days get warmer and lighter.\n\nTo lift our spirits even further in thes
 e challenging times we sang the glorious song ‘Be the Light’ which is 
 based on a gem of poem read by Amanda Gorman at Joe Biden’s inauguration
  in 2021. Joni Mitchell’s song ‘River’ captures the pain that can be
  there for some of us around Christmas\, but it is a curiously uplifting s
 ong.\n\nDespite the wet weather\, we had a great time\, and the audience e
 njoyed our beautiful harmonies.  Thanks to the Craft and Design Centre fo
 r their hospitality.\n\nWilliam West - Bass\n\n\n\n\n\nFor full event deta
 ils\, visit: https://www.manchestercommunitychoir.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=vie
 w&dbase=events&id=174253
LOCATION:Manchester Craft and Design Centre\, 17 Oak Street\,\, Manchester\
 , M4 5JD
URL:https://www.manchestercommunitychoir.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=ev
 ents&id=174253
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