Sunday 11 July 2010

A week of mixed fortunes

On Tuesday at work I felt very odd when I went to work, and then felt sick at about 2pm, but having had some time out to have some fresh air, I felt better enough to carry on to the end of my day.

On Wednesday again I felt rather odd, and a bit sick first thing, but went into work expecting it to pass over.

An hour into my working day, I realised that I just wasn't going to make it through, so I packed up and came home and curled up in bed feeling rotten :-( By Wednesday afternoon, it had turned into a full fledged tummy bug - I wasn't well enough even to attend choir that evening (!)

By Thursday evening I was feeling a little better, which was great because on Friday afternoon I had promised to help out at the Sheffield Street Choir Festival - 35 choirs from all over the country (and from Germany!) gathered to sing. The choirs have a definite Socialist/Feminist feel to them, so as the last song in our massed sing we sang The Internationale. At the end of it I was a little surprised to see many people raising a fist as a sign of their strength and protest I guess!

I have found a link to this very song being sung in 2007 when Manchester hosted this street choir event!! Have a listen here!

I'm still not 100% better.. I managed the morning rehearsals, the massed sing, and our busking slots (all of the choirs busked all over town yesterday lunch time) but went home instead of catching the afternoon concert and crashed out, returning for part of the evening concert where Body of Sound were singing.

It was a lovely day! Douglas, my parents and Martha (who is staying with them for the weekend) came to listen to the massed sing, and then to the first of our busking slots.

Photos will follow soon :-)

2 comments:

Marcheline said...

Poor you! Feel better soon duckie!

E.S. said...

Very remiss of me, I haven't read your blog for over a week so missed the fact that you were not well for a while. I hope you are fully recovered now {{hugs}} from the dreaded aunt-in-law.