A day of distraction and music.

Busy day ahead today with our Christmas choir singing at the 'Maison de retraite' and Christmas market at La Celle Guenand and then performing with Dominique as 'Old Hat' and friends 'I Don't Know' at our little soiree at the restaurant ib Barrou in the evening.

Another from our Christmas songbook...

First Christmas Choir outing - Ferrière-Larçon

First choir outing of the season at the Christmas market at Ferrière-Larçon - good fun!

Christmas choir at the markets...

Had the last rehearsal yesterday afternoon of our little Christmas choir, before our first outing at Ferriere Larcon on Sunday.  You can catch our performances here:

Sunday , December 9 , Ferrière Larçon Christmas market around 2.30 pm

Saturday , December 15 , La Celle Guenand Christmas market around 1.00 pm

Saturday , December 22 , Le Grand-Pressigny Christmas market around 3.30 pm

Back together for Christmas

 This from 2016

Had the first rehearsal with our Christmas choir on Tuesday - twas as if we had never been away - good fun! Good to see that we are getting some additional male voices joining us - the more the merrier. 

Christmas swan-song...

Last night I did my last'gig' with fellow carollers at Notre Dame church at Yzeures-sur-Creuse. It was nice to be inside both from a heating point of view and for the sound (I hope). 

Our 'leader' got into the festive spirit for the evening!

There is a final outing on Saturday at Le Grand-Pressigny but I will be in Paris, so will miss it - please go along and support them.

Choir pics courtesy of Tim

Hard act to follow...

We did our second 'gig' with our Christmas choir yesterday at the well-attended 'Marche de Noel' at Ferriere-Larcon, where we performed in the church after the visit of Father & Mrs. Christmas - good fun!

Pauline took a couple of videos...only she didn't, she has many talents but film-making isn't one of them!* Thanks to David our choirmaster who supplied a couple of pics,,

*I am reminded of one my 'one-off' memory moment singing with a great jazz band in a club in Greenwich Village, New York which was saved for posterity as a photograph of her foot!

Christmas carolling - Ferriere-Larcon

First outing for the carollers yesterday at the Christmas market at La Celle Guenand...today we are at Ferriere-Larcon around 4.00pm

Second outing for our troupe of carollers...

We had our second outing of carolling yesterday this time in Le Grand Presigny, first at the Christmas market  then as part of  an evening concert in the church.

Oh carol...

We are donning our Dickensian costumes again this year to give our rendition of some Christmas Carols and we have been invited to sing during the afternoon at the Christmas Market in La Celle Guenand in front of the Church on the 10 December and at at the Le Grand Pressigny Christmas Market on Wednesday December 21, followed by our contribution to a Christmas concert in the church at 6pm.

Another carol...

Il est ne le divine enfent

Another carol from the 'Marche de Noel' at La Celle-Guenand