Monday 28 Jun 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

Last time I went to the annual Organ Gala at the Royal Albert Hall. I was in seat 1, row 1 of the Choir East. Along with seat 1, row 1, Choir West, these are the two seats nearest to the organ console. But the East side is the side which the organist enters from. And we literally couldn’t have been any closer to the organ unless we were actually sitting inside it!

Our seats also gave us a rather good view of the Royal Philamonic Orchestra below us, and I could have actually touched the members of the Royal Philamonic Chorus who were literally in the next row of seats. The orchestra is always there, but this is the first time they’ve had a choir. They sang the Hallelujah Chorus, which was really pretty. They also sang one or two other parts which were very nice.

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Monday 28 Jun 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

Well, no class on Friday night. But being the last Saturday of the month, the charity ball was on at the church hall. So I took myself down there for my Saturday night. As I expected, I spent almost the entire evening in my seat. I didn’t even bother putting dance shoes on; they never left the inside of my bag. There wasn’t quite as many people there as usual; several tables at the back were actually empty. Still, there were enough people.

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