So, the big question was this: how would the mighty Alresford Rugby Football Club celebrate their 21st anniversary? They had booked the fabulous Old Alresford Place (the building where the very first meeting of the Mothers' Union took place, and once home to the Sisters of Bethany (great band name?)), and surely such genteel surroundings would put a stop to activities involving ten pence pieces and the uncircumcised. And how would they react to the band? We were in a compact sunroom on the end of the building, some distance away from the main marquee on the lawn.
Well, after starting slightly later than we'd planned, we did a few numbers all on our own (perfect for fine tuning levels). There were a couple of early dancers - I'm sure I spotted one of Hampshire's most prominent Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons giving it large early on. But then the floor filled and I did worry for the ancient architecture as a good selection of Alresford's chunkiest got going. I thought we played really well, after (because of?) last week. A nice moment came at the end when a request for 'All the leaves are brown' was made - apparently it's an anthem to a late member of the club. Quite by coincidence, it's a song we've been practicing inShed 3b. A huge singalong ensued - a great end to a wonderful evening. And no-one lost any coins in any part of their anatomy.
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