At the Beggars Fair in the Methodist Church in Romsey our lovely audience was ‘…so good, so good, so good’ News

At 12.45pm it was RMVC’s slot in the Beggars Fair programme with us all set to perform some of our favourite songs for just some of the hundreds of people enjoying the wonderful weather and fantastic music staged in venues all over Romsey.

If we’d had concerns that the church lying towards the edge of town might be less likely to attract a full audience those concerns were quickly quelled as seats filled leaving standing room only.  The brilliant reception we received after our first high volume number Let the River Run set the scene for the rest of our pieces with us greatly enjoying the experience alongside, and in harmony with the audience.  Enjoyment for all, that is apart from one exception spotted. A very young boy, clearly less happy, bucked the trend lying recumbent, face-down on the floor, with his hands held firmly over his ears. 

Well you can’t win ‘em all!

For those who want to know what we sang, our line-up of music, included amongst others Bring Him Home from Les Miserable, American Trilogy, Bui Doi from Miss Saigon, an Elvis Presley all-time favourite ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ and Anthem from the musical Chess. Then it was time for the audience participation with the Jubilee song Sweet Caroline and you guessed it, it was ‘…so good, so good, so good’.

Well done as always to our MD Marion Maxey, to Richard Stannard accompanying and to our President compere Keith Lawrenson.