Vic - sounds as though it was a great evening - more plaudits to you and yours. I now have a violin lesson every other Thursday evening so, while I was scraping away in Bevendean, your youngesters were whooping it up in Lewes. Sorry to have missed it.

As it happens, I was up in Charlwood for the singaround at the Rising Sun last night (absolutely wonderful singing, by the way), and there was a young lass of about 8 who performed three tunes beautifully on the violin while the rest of us accompanied quietly in the background. She was a comparative beginner but played delightfully - and brought the house down.