In Accord

Despite not being religious I seem to have spent a lot of time lately in houses of worship. Today it was St Thomas on the Bourne, which is just a few minutes walk away for me. I went for a lunchtime concert by the In Accord ladies acapella group. The concert is one of a series happening during Lent to raise money for Christian Aid's East African Hunger Crisis Appeal.

The singing was excellent - five part close harmony as was explained to us by their musical director. In fact not only did we get a demonstration of the five different parts but we, the audience, had to sing in five part harmony with the group, too. I mimed in order to avoid some sort of civil disaster. The group sang a pleasant medley of popular songs from the last few decades and it made a nice interlude from the crashing and banging in the bathroom. With my deep love of wordplay I especially liked their name.

This evening I am off to Heartstart. It's a free 2h course on what to do in medical emergencies run by Farnham Lions. I have done the course once before a few years ago but feel in need of a refresher. My friend J is also going. We booked after the recent ambulance strikes when we decided we needed to up our game. You can never be too prepared.