Is brevity a virtue?

(Photo: Simon Meeds)

After last week's marathon report I will keep this one brief. As you can see our stone may have rolled but it hasn't yet gathered any more singers (or audience members). Nevertheless we are gaining promises from an increasing number of people that they will join us shortly. If you are one of those people then please get down to Shortwood on a Friday night soon. If you haven't already pledged your presence then get down anyway with a song, tune, story, poem, monologue or any type of performance as long as it's acoustic.

While we're on the subject of the future, we don't really get too fussy about themes but there are a couple of obvious ones this Friday. Traditionally for Valentine's Day the theme is "love and lust", but if you would rather bring out some sport for the Winter Olympics, that's fine too. Otherwise just forget about themes and do whatever you fancy.

Colin, MC as usual, started off the session with Pete Seeger's Get up and Go.

Simon decided to mark the passing of Norma Waterson by singing three songs from Norma or The Watersons: Bunch of Thyme (roud 3), Country Life (roud 1752) and The Souling Song (roud 304). Colin added to the group Three Day Millionaire (Mike Waterson).

The only song sung during the evening which doesn't appear in the playlist linked with "a selection" below was Ballad of Real Ale (Kevin Pratt) which was sung by Colin.

The evenign was closed by Simon who sang The Ryans and the Pittmans (roud 21113).

Now listen to a selection of songs sung during this session.

(Number of people present - 2 of whom 2 performed)