This week I attended a family funeral - the woman whose final farewell it was had been a leading light in local amateur musical theatre for a very very long time, among other achievements. There were no hymns or congregational singing - a bit of a surprise, as she had a very good voice and loved to sing - but a cobbled-together choir combined from a few local choirs sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" from "Carousel", and "Wind Beneath My Wings". When the coffin was leaving the church followed by family members and friends a song by The Seekers was played, "It's Hard to Leave". Only problem was, that isn't a very long song.....and the church was packed.......so it wasn't long before the music ended and the rest of the assembled multitude was standing in silence as they slowly shuffled out of the church. Would have been much better had a longer song been played, or had that particular song been padded out with other music.