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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.

On Saturday 9^th 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.

Performing in the front garden to guests arriving for the event, presented us with a few challenges. The first of these appeared fairly quickly, as we were setting up, in the form of a bus rumbling along the road a short distance from where we would be performing.

Saturday afternoon match results

Buses v Dynamic Meladies:

Buses 0 Dynamic Meladies 8 (the number of songs we sang!)

As the guests arrived and made their way through the front garden, the gravel path underfoot provided an interesting percussive backing-track to our singing. It would have been easy for our ladies to get distracted by this and by people walking past only a couple of feet from us, stopping to chat or greet each other. However, they took it all in their stride and never wavered from their singing. No mean feat when, with everything going on around us, it was sometimes difficult to hear each other. All of the hard work that the ladies put in practising for the event paid off and the songs sounded fantastic!

The event itself was a great success with an army of helpers keeping us topped up with food and drink. Special guest Elaine C Smith entertained us with some humorous observations on the behaviour of women and how we interact with one another. There was much buying of tombola, raffle and prize draw tickets with all of the monies raised going to the charity. A few of us managed to win some small prizes but, sadly, we all missed out on the trip to New York!

Much appreciation to the organizers for the event itself and the incredible work they do to make children's lives better. It's been an absolute privilege to add our voices to such a deserving cause.

Great music, sunshine, prizes and strawberry tarts. A perfect afternoon all in all!

Ladies, we are proud of you!