Moseley refurbished ...

Our mascot now stands erect on his new plinth ...

Why is a penguin the club mascot?
Look carefully and you will discern that Moseley carries a copy of The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, as well as a facsimile of a fiddle.

Why is he called Moseley?
Well, he's a rockhopper of the subspecies Eudyptes (chrysocome) moseleyi.

Being Midsummer's Day ...

Now, here's a conundrum ...
21st June is the summer solstice when Pagans celebrate sunrise at Stonehenge ...

Summer, according to Carol, begins on the 1st day of June ...

Astronomically, however, summer BEGINS on 21st June.
So, why do we refer to 21st June as 'midsummer's day'?
Discussion was inconclusive, so we just got on with music.

Paul opened with a song about a celestial body ...

I won't have to cry no more.

There are those who sing their own songs.
There are those who borrow music from others.
Then there are those who commit the mortal sin of parody ...

Lord Franklin was surprised by the icy
conditions in Milton Keynes!

Twice we commemorated a famous battle of 1815 ...

The Duke of Wellington at Waterloo
(Robert Alexander Hillingford, 1828 – 1904.)

Bryan poetically expressed some dissatisfaction with the state of the nation ...

SHAMBLES!

For the benefit of those unfortunate enough to have missed their very successful concert tour, Angela, Paul and Roger gave several performances ...

Are you missing me?

Then we went home ...

... and joy be with you all!

Being the Eighteenth Day of June, (yesterday!) ...

Two hundred and four years ago ...

Perhaps we can sing this on Friday.

Please join in!

Being Friday the Fourteenth Day of June, 2019 ...

Ken, he of the infallible memory ...

... reminded us that we can celebrate 10 years of our occupation of the Guide Hall.
The blog post at: 5th June, 2019 attests to the veracity of Ken's observation.
(The years seem to have corrupted some of the images, or perhaps we really did look so young!)

Paul went back to his roots in the North ...

She once was a true love of mine.

Then it was Laurie's turn.
Here he is playing a trad-blues on his red instrument ...

Ken indulged in parody.

The traditional song, Rout of the Blues, became ...

You work that out!

Bryan soliloquised ...

The march of evil!

On return from the convenience, Ken engaged in another parody which referred to kitchen appliances ...

Mave was enamoured by a small boy playing with fire ...

We went home celebrating the long life of agricultural workers ...

Being the Seventh Day of June, 2019 ...

So, here we are in June.
We began with a seasonal song about sheep ...

We'll pipe and we'll sing, love;
We'll dance in a ring, love ...

Elizabeth took us on a voyage across the channel ...

Jenny led a workshop about singing 'Cuckoo' ...

75 years ago, would have been D-Day + 1.
True ... none of us are quite old enough to remember that historic event, but it was in our thoughts and songs ...

Yes, the heroes they died with their dreams
at St. Aubin sur Mer.

Getting Vocal ...

Here's a forthcoming event that shouldn't be missed ...

You will see and hear several of our friends.
Tickets available from The Novium in Tower Street.

Being the Sixth Day of June, Seventy-five years on ...

Bless 'em all ...

Being Friday the 24th Day of May, 2019 ...

Paul and Angela accompanied by Roger, supported by goat-whackery and egg-shaking.