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Twenty five members of the choir met in the grounds of our rehearsal hall this evening. Twenty six if you counted Mary , who has attended each one of our Zoom virtual meetings and now has achieved a sort of status of choir mascot. We all brought drinks and nibbles and the novelty of meeting each other in person was enhanced greatly when Jamie informed us that he had checked the rules and the government had given us the green light to sing outside..... And sing we did. It was difficult at first as singing when you are separated from all of your fellow bases etc by swirling air and a six feet gap is incredibly difficult but haltingly and with much self consciousness we sang And after five months apart several of the choristers cried openly at the true and raw power of that moment. Another mini victory against Covid Jamie reassuringly had grown his 1940s RAF moustache for the evening  

As you most know Tuesday’s in Trelawnyd signify Choir day Covid has put pay to a proper choir practice for months and even though perhaps just half of my fellow choristers have managed to soldier on in a zoom  format The resulting efforts have always been somewhat disappointing This morning my fellow village altos and I got together for coffee and cake . Heulwen   has been shielding since March and has been careful with contact with Hattie and I as we have been working in the front line. This morning we will meet properly and it will be lovely to catch up in a relaxed way for the very first time( I will post the photos later) Hattie refers to the three of us as the Trelawnyd Sandwich which is pleasing. We play a family of sorts, three generations playing pragmatic mother, doting uncle and Dutiful daughter and there is something incredibly freeing having friends that cover such an age gap and differences Tonight ( and I will post the photographs a bit later) our sandwich meets up with t...