Tonight we have our annual Christmas Carols, moved from its regular venue at Gloria Park to the local public school. The erratic weather is the principal culprit.
And for the first time Crowd Around will be singing at this event. It's fair to say that carols are not our stock-in-trade (though, back in the mists, we once did some lovely arrangements of Silent Night and Away in a Manger), so we will be singing gospel numbers. At least God gets a respectful mention.
I have a brief and unsought-after solo in the distinctly non-gospel Irish Heartbeat (Van Morrison), a song which has precious little to do with religion, though rather a lot to do with family. I think that makes it a reasonably kosher proposition, especially given the secular audience attending.
As I write, the sun is out and it's just possible that the grass might have dried at Gloria Park. But too late, we are stuck with the asphalt and passing highway traffic, which is just fine. After all, it's the spirit of the thing that counts.
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