New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Fortunato
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 09:23 AM

The Maine contingent sang a reprise for me around ten pm. Absolutely brilliant, excellent singers all, and remarkably good looking as well.

6 hours and 38 minutes to go.

Please sign in here or PM me and let me know you're with us.
cheers,
chance

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Aeola
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 09:34 AM

9.0pm GMT Merseyside will be with you! Brill idea!!

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Fortunato
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 09:58 AM

We invite everyone around the world to sing with Susette and I today, New Years Day.

Today at 4:00pm EST we'll sing "Will the Circle Be Unbroken". That's 9:00pm UTC , Coordinated Universal Time, GMT Greenwich Mean Time, I think.

Let us know if you join us. If you don't sing, then do raise a toast to a brighter new year.

Thank you all for the fellowship this year. I wish you peace and good health in the coming year.

Chance Shiver

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: SINSULL
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 10:17 AM

I believe our contingent finally discovered the Key of R...in the bottom of a bottle of single malt.

Great idea, Chance.
Let's keep the spirit going through 2009.

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Sue the Borderer
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 12:21 PM

Loved the idea folks, but just wondered whether 'next year' it might be possible to find a song which is a bit more 'inclusive'.

OK. I own up! I do usually join in with this one, and with others like it cos they have great tunes, wonderful harmonies and can be sung with gusto - but I just couldn't bring myself to do so this time. I wanted something that held real meaning for me.

Any suggestions for something suitable?

Sue

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: CapriUni
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 01:10 PM

Well, I don't have any strong belief in the theology of "May the Circle be Unbroken," but I do have strong belief in the power of voices raised in song together...

And I'll be singing in a little less than three hours' time.

For next year, how about "How Can I Keep From Singing?"

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Dave Earl
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 01:44 PM

Well I was on board last night - hope that doesn't mean I'm excluded this time around.

Dave

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Little Robyn
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 03:08 PM

Just under an hour to go??
I'm ready.
It's like a circle of singers right around the world.
The chorus is very suitable but the verses are a bit funereal for a New Year celebration.
Perhaps someone should rewrite them for next year?
Robyn

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Little Robyn
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 03:55 PM

5 minutes
Are you ready?

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Dave Earl
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 04:01 PM

Yes

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Little Robyn
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 04:31 PM

We sang the cyberhymnal words, then followed that with the first and last verse of the other version (but the middle part was too morbid for me).
As we were finishing, our neighbor knocked on the door and I was called away to rescue a baby bird - a song thrush that had fallen out of it's nest.
By the time we arrived, there were 2 other birds, slightly older, one with a broken wing and I think he'll die, the other was very mobile once the neighbor's dog put it down. Then an adult bird called to it and he took off, stopped in the middle of the road so I had to chase it right over before the oncoming car squashed it, and now he and mum are over the road.
The others are in a box under the bushes so we'll check on them in a while.
Phew!
It's 10 in the morning here, on 2nd Jan.
Happy New Year!
Robyn

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: GUEST,IanBP.in NZ
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 06:52 PM

what a great idea.

I'm sorry I missed it. Would have loved to have sunga along.

Subject: RE: New Years Eve/Day Singaround the World
From: Fortunato
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 09:48 PM

Hello LIttle Robyn, CapriUni, Breton Cap, et al.

thanks for all your enthusiasm.

I'm open to suggestions about a more appropriate song. Let's keep up the search and give it some thought.

I've had responses from a lot of folks by email and PM as well as you folks here, and it was a good start. I envisioned it as Little Robyn described it, a song circle around the world.

Let's keep the circle of fellowship alive.
all the best
chance