We had the Twelve Days of Christmas twice. Firstly from Andy and Richard, with a drinking theme (On the Nth day of Christmas, Michael gave to me....). Later, Fred gave us the Hawaiian version 'Numba One Day of Christmas', complete with hand actions. The picture is 'Two coconuts'.
Other Christmas or winter-themed numbers were:
- Jim Croce's It Doesn't Have To be That Way from Rosie and me
- Karen's own Summer in Invincible, and Kay Tilley's New Year song
- In The Bleak Midwinter and Here We Come A Wassailing from Andy and Richard
- Midwinter Toast, The Innocents and a French lullalby from Alison, David and Simon
We also heard Martin's Christmas present to himself - a 5-string banjo. HE sang What a Mouth and a couple of other songs that worked really well.
Also present were Dave and Norma. We even had a contribution from Plummy (?), one of the locals.
Next week is the Xmas meal at the Dog & Badger. Booking is essential!
Also present were Dave and Norma. We even had a contribution from Plummy (?), one of the locals.
Next week is the Xmas meal at the Dog & Badger. Booking is essential!
The Bottom Line played at The Dog & Badger last New Years Day afternoon. We had a good audience of locals and friends and enjoyed the afternoon very much.
We'll be playing again this New Years Day and will once again be joined by some guests that Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club regulars will recognise. Music will start around 13:00 and go on until around 16:00. At least one electric guitar will be wielded.
It should be another fun afternoon. Do come along if you can.
We shuffled our normal schedule around because of our Xmas meal at the Dog & Badger on the 21st, so we were unusally at The Dashwood Arms on this first Wednesday.
It being December, it was inevitable that someone would break the Xmas song embargo. That someone was Simon, with Thea Gilmore's That'll Be Christmas.
As always, it was a pleasure to see and hear Robin, even for those of us who aspire to play the mandolin and had to follow immediately after him. He had planned to play a certain Thea Gilmore song for his second turn and had to change his plan. We therefore heard Ghost Chickens in the Sky, to the tune you'd expect with a chorus that was easy to join in with (if you happened to be a chicken).
Fred was also with us and brought a couple of new parodies - one to (I think) a Bob Dylan tune about the Occupy protests, the other to a John Denver melody and called Annie's Thong. This was not Xmas themed.
Also present were Alan and Liz (back from New Zealand), Dick, John, Dave and Norma, Karen, Martin and Rosie and me.
We're out of sequence again next week and will be at The Prince Albert at Frieth.
It being December, it was inevitable that someone would break the Xmas song embargo. That someone was Simon, with Thea Gilmore's That'll Be Christmas.
As always, it was a pleasure to see and hear Robin, even for those of us who aspire to play the mandolin and had to follow immediately after him. He had planned to play a certain Thea Gilmore song for his second turn and had to change his plan. We therefore heard Ghost Chickens in the Sky, to the tune you'd expect with a chorus that was easy to join in with (if you happened to be a chicken).
Fred was also with us and brought a couple of new parodies - one to (I think) a Bob Dylan tune about the Occupy protests, the other to a John Denver melody and called Annie's Thong. This was not Xmas themed.
Also present were Alan and Liz (back from New Zealand), Dick, John, Dave and Norma, Karen, Martin and Rosie and me.
We're out of sequence again next week and will be at The Prince Albert at Frieth.
You may like to know that one of long serving regular members, Denise Orchard is singing with "The Morning After" who are guests at maidenhead Folk Club, on Thursday 8th December. Please go along and have a good sing and support them if you can.