Another Christmas Carol

I've been doing a lot of carol singing lately. As a member of Ealing's Questors Choir, I sang in our brilliant Christmas Music Concert last weekend. And lately I've been rehearsing for the Questors Theatre Christmas show 'A Christmas Carol'. The choir are supplying regular interludes of carol singing throughout the show, based on the wonderful Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of the Dicken's novel.
It's been some time since I performed on the Questors stage and I'd forgotten quite what a challenge it can be. So much to remember - the words, the cues, to step carefully around the busy set in a full length skirt and petticoats, to stand in the right place, to sing at the right volume, when to engage and when not with other cast members and to smile all the time! And yes, it's tiring but also exhilarating and the extra bonus for me is that whilst I'm doing all that, I can't possibly think about my 'day job'. I love my work but switching off completely is very hard. Thankfully I'll be doing just that on several evenings and afternoons over the next 3 weeks. So this will be my final blog for 2009 - so much to do and so little time .... and meanwhile:
"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!"