The delightful St. Thomas-on-The Bourne Chuch played host to our summer concert on 28th June. Despite the heatwave and the competing Farnham Carnival we had a wonderful turnout of an audience who were treated to a high quality performance by the choir and members of the choir as soloists or in a small group nicknamed the "Hash Tags".

Songs introduced, or in some cases re-introduced from many years ago, into our repertoire for this concert were "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "Shenendoah", the Welsh language hymn "Aberystwyth" and what has become a favourite of ours since being asked to sing it at the Beerex Festival, "Wild Rover". Along with these were the popular items "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines", "Speed Your Journey", "Stout Hearted Men", "What Would I Do Without My Music", "Seventy-Six Trombones", "Londonderry Air", "Yesterday", "Bring Him Home", "On The Street Where You Live" and "Wellerman". In what has now become a standard part of our concerts for our "Choral Hug" we sang "My Lord What A 'Mornin". The "Hash Tags", comprising a small group of choristers, performed "Steal Away", Down Among the Deadmen" and "Swansea Town", and talented solists gave us "Some Enchanted Evening" (Dave Sillett), "When The Night Wind Howls" (Jonathan Davies), and "Answer Me My Love" (Roger Douglas).

An appeal by our supported charity for this concert, Sebastian's Action Trust, was strengthened by the comments from our Musical Director, Philip Viveash-Brainch, who had a personal affinity with its beginnings. The charity supports families of seriously ill children and was inspired by Sebastian, a brave young boy who tragically lost his battle with cancer at just nine years old, who Philip was proud to have taught.

A wonderful evening of brilliant music at a location we are bound to return to!