The concert was a great success, about 100 people (not bad for a weeknight) and even though it was almost two hours with no intermissions, nobody left early. Lots of canned goods amassed.

The church choir and subsets thereof did quite well, as did the Cobbs. The Swedish ladies were a little less successful in my opinion; their soloists should have been miked, their accompanist was a little too heavy on the keys for their unamped voices. Their Swedish numbers were more successful than their English (though their rendition of "Do you hear what I hear" was very good, and the closing number, "Land That We Love", was very well done and, though patriotic (the soloist is mainly singing "America, the Beautiful" in counterpoint[?] to the rest of the chorus's "Land That We Love") was pro-peace and not jingoistic.

But the O'Haras as usual capped it all off mightily. (They sang at our 2000 Holiday Concert, too, and were back "by popular demand".) They didn't disappoint. Though their selections were a bit more staid than two years ago. (That time they sang something from the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; this time Twelve Days After Christmas was as risqué as they got.)

Of course, we have room for another seventy or eighty people before we have to reinvent the balcony. So next year, come on up, Genie ;-)

BTW, I may not be here (at the Fremont Church that is; hopefully I'll still be at the Mudcat Café!) next year. Y'never know. And if you do show up some Sunday morning unannounced, I probably won't be here. (I normally worship at Japanese Baptist in the morning, and Fremont in the evening; so PM me if you want me to be there.)

Haruo