Little Cabin

Well, two years after trying we have finally built our little cabin! Our concert was greeted with enthusiasm this afternoon and I must congratulate the singers for their performances.

Of course, Maureen gets a special mention for her first ever solo in Help Me Find the Way. She was really nervous but bit the bullet and did a good job. I don't quite get the mysterious faery-like quality I wanted but it was melodious.

As for the chords in the intro to Little Cabin... They were in tune but I still don't get the feeling I want from the celestial choir. This morning at rehearsal they said couldn't I just sing them their notes instead of their having to try to find them by themselves! Cheeky! That was what I wanted to do at the beginning and they refused! Ha!

It is a shame that we were so few : seven or so of our singers didn't participate today. And whilst we're on the subject of participating, the audience was pretty grey! A bit of clapping but that was it. Mind you the average agewas 60! There were less audience members than usual and less young people too. I wonder why? It's a shame because there was an excellent African group that had some of us dancing in the alleys.

Next rehearsal for Akwa-Gospel will be in March and we'll start on rehearsing the songs for the wedding we'll be singing at in July. I hope to recruit a few of the Akwaba-a singers for this to boost numbers and also as the bride is the daughter of an ex bass!

If someone has some good footage of this afternoon I'll post it here.

Bye for now.
Gospella