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Not so Sound of Silence!
At our Singing Session on Wednesday
evening, we were in the middle of singing The
Sound of Silence when one of our ladies suddenly let out a yell and
retreated to a corner of the room. Somewhat startled, and with the rendition of
the song grinding to a halt, we looked down and discovered the cause of
her alarm - a large spider had taken up its place within our circle! The
spider appeared quite unfazed by us (unlike our member who, unfortunately,
is less comfortable around spiders!) and seemed either to want to join in
with the singing or to enjoy the performance. Perhaps spiders can sing? Who
knows.
We carefully removed the spider from the room and placed it safely,
nearby, where it could continue to enjoy listening to us singing and could join
still join in, if it wished!
We have a suggestion box where our ladies can add details of songs that they
think might be fun for the group to sing. Perhaps we will find a note in it,
written in tiny writing, suggesting something from David Bowie's album Ziggy
Stardust and The Spiders From Mars!
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September Song
After all the lovely sunshine we’ve had over the last few months, September might feel like a little bit of a let-down. Officially, September is an autumn month, so it heralds the end of summer and, already, we are starting to see the nights draw in. It doesn’t seem so long ago that we were leaving our Wednesday evening Singing Sessions after 9.00pm and driving home in beautiful sunshine. Now the street lights are on and the evening air is cooler.
We might mourn the passing of the summer and the busy round of activities it brings with it but the autumn brings its own opportunities.
Strawberry Teas Forever
Opening our first outdoor performance with a song that includes the lines “Not a cloud in the sky, Got the sun in my eyes” (Top of The World) was always going to be a risk. This is Glasgow after all! Fortunately for us, however, the sun was indeed in our eyes (hence the dark glasses!) and we avoided the thunder, lightning and torrential rain that hit other parts of Glasgow during the afternoon.
Hold The Bus!
On Saturday 9th June a group of ladies from Dynamic Meladies performed a selection of songs at a charity garden party event. The charity, Mothers Care India, raises money to buy school uniforms for children in India and we were invited to provide entertainment at the event. With 350 tickets sold for the event, this was no small undertaking.
The Big Gig At Big Mouth!
Whose idea was it? The idea that we would like to do a performance, so that we could brush up on songs we had learned previously, and not let them just fade away, and so that we had a target to aim for. Worry that it might have been mine, Val’s and Jo’s. But others agreed.
So here we were. Eight of us. In the Big Mouth Coffee Shop, Dumbarton Road, opposite Kelvinhall Tube Station. 7pm and us due to start at 7.30. Tickets £5 per head, in aid of Alzheimer’s. So we wearing purple and black, because Alzheimer Scotland’s colours are purple and white, and some of us didn’t like white.
What Happens When Take That Meets Black Eyed Peas? By Laura
So, it has been a year since the band got together and I find myself inspired to write. While I haven’t been singing with the ladies for a year, I feel like I have known them for at least that long.
The last few weeks have seen (or heard) us warming up with increasingly more challenging minor scales (think the soundtrack for pantomime baddies) and light and airy triplets (think cycling along a sunny, treelined avenue or failing that Snow White trilling at the local wildlife).
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