What a shame i did not get a photo of us all looking fabulous at the Art Gallery today. We had just about everybody there, a full contingent of singers and all parts well covered. We sounded great and thanks to Brian for sorting song order, and Zlatko for warming the group up and practicing a few numbers before i arrived. We sang: Let’s Pretend, Last Night i had the strangest dream, Step by Step, Mnogaja Ljeta, Banaha, and Solidarity. I think it gave the audience a taste of what we’ll bring to the Folk Festival in january, as well as give us confidence. Next step – finalise that new Coal Seam Gas song…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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