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Last night I sang at the Sun Inn, home of the Stockton Folk Club! It was a singaround night there. Joy was the MC for the night - she and her husband are early retirees and sing together professionally on a part-time basis - they give all of their booking fees to help guide dogs for the blind. They have excellent voices and are some of the nicest people that I have encountered in the folk song world. So it was nice for me that Joy was organising the singers for the evening as she is very sympathetic to nervous beginners.
I am classed as a beginner for singing. That is in spite of having experience when I was younger. However, I didn't sing for many years due to ill-health. It has meant that I have had to start from the beginning again and learn all of the material from scratch, just like a novice. And I was extremely nervous. Just as much as a novice, maybe more so, as coming back after a long time away is extremely stressful.
I opted to sit in my seat and sing from there rather than go and stand at the front. That's perfectly acceptable in the informal setting of a singaround. I also had my words laid out on the table in front of me. That's not something that I normally do, and only complete beginners do that. However, I was very nervous and I simply wanted to get this initial sing over with, with hopefully as few errors as possible.
I sang a couple of songs. The first, "The Wild Mountain Thyme" went very well indeed. I was hesitant on the first two or three notes but fine after that. Joy then asked me if I'd like to do another song, so I said Yes, and sang "Martin said to his man". I had one error in that, but recovered quickly and simply went into the closing sequence.
They were both chorus songs, and plenty of people joined in. I got a good round of applause. Joy is expecting me to sing most weeks now! I've told her that I have one already chosen for next week! I had a very pleasant family (husband, wife and son) sitting next to me, and they were very complimentary about my singing - they ended up giving me a lift home.
I was sad that I had to have my words close at hand, but I didn't use them very much, and my voice sounded pretty much all right.
I've found another folk club locally that I can go to (that will make three a week...) and am looking forward to some good folk singing events this year so that I can sing at all the singarounds!!!
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/act Diane strikes a suitable operatic pose with bosom heaving
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