The Singalong gig at the local church social was a great success. There were about 40/50 people attending, first of all we enjoyed a supper and then it was over to me for the entertainment.
For the first time I decided to give out song sheets which contained the words of the various songs and this meant that people were able to join in with the singing. I’d also chosen songs that I thought that the audience would already know and this approach worked really well. They were really singing well, so much so that for some songs I could stop singing myself and just carry on strumming while I listened to the audience singing back to me.
The set lasted just under an hour and it was great fun to be at the front. introducing the songs and able to chat to the audience. It was a pleasant change from performing with my usual ukulele group where I’m on the back row playing the bass. It was a great night, everyone enjoyed it and on my last number “Rock Around The Clock” I’d even got some of them up dancing.