Gala Christmas Gig

At last I have made time to write about my night out last Friday with Jan my lovely sister in law, and her daughter Liz my gorgeous niece....

We try to book a few nights at the Marina Theatre in Lowestoft, we see all sorts, but love the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra who are resident at the Theatre. This time it was the Gala Christmas Concert..

Afraid I cannot make it very interesting, but you can see what great music was played....

They started off with the Overture on French Carols...then Joy to the World....after which the audience and orchestra joined in with O Come All Ye Faithful. The Pakefield Singers were on the stage, although they were good, maybe not as good as the choir Liz used to sing in, suppose I should not say that......

Next came The Little Drummer Boy, then Still, Still, Still....

The Nutcracker`: Waltz of the Flowers was so lovely, such a great orchestra, and the conductor Nick Davies was really getting with it...

We then sang The First Nowell.. some great voices in the audience....followed by Winter Wonderland.. The Sleigh Ride...Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah.....Mary's Boy Child...and then we all sang Once in Royal David's City...

After the interval we started with Posthorn Galop, such a laugh they made that one, again audience sang God Rest you Merry Gentlemen...
Psalm 23... Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas.. Torches... The Twelve Day's of Christmas, which the audience had to sing from 5 Gold rings, it was so good because all Theatre goers join in all the time, and it was like a party...

Some of the songs were sung by a lovely lady called Mary Carew, and the next one she made a really good job of.. Santa Baby..very saucy...

Sleigh Ride came next, and the horns and bells etc were very moving... Robyn would have been proud of the French Horn players...Good King Wenceslas and White Christmas then we all joined in Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

Marvelous, they did get such a response that they played Jingle Bells as an extra little treat....

We are so lucky to have such a lovely Theatre so close to home, and a huge thank you as always to Jan for booking and driving us.. and for the ice cream and the many giggles we always seem to get when we are together....

And dear James when we took Liz home, he must think we are mad when we arrive home after a concert, but he copes very well, hope the feet did not get too cold James!!!!

Roll on the next time....