Having received an Email months ago from the GMC announcing their big annual concet at the Barbican this evening. Emily, Gill, Lisa and I booked to go. With it being so close to Christmas we were all looking forward to it immensely. I got away early enough to go and collect the car from Liz & Phil's and make the drive a few miles across town to the Barbican, meeting Emily at just after 1830.
We made our way to the cafe for a bite to eat and a drink and a catch up when moments later Gill and Lisa arrived. My faveourite girls all around one table.
As the Cafe started to empty out we decided we should start to make our way to our seats. Grabbing our coats and bags and making our way to the auditurium. There was Gill, Lisa and I but where was Emily? We all went back and found her perched on the side of the cafe frantically going through her hand bag. Its contents, Make up, CD's book and goodness knows what else a lady keeps in her handbag were all on the side and a look of panic was on Emilys face.
Emily couldnt find the tickets. She had found the packaging that they had come in and promised she had them when she left the office. Try as hard as she could they were not in her bag. In a bit of a flap and with just minutes before the performance began I managed to find a member of staff and got directions to the box office. It was a Credit Card booking, they could simply print us off more. So we rushed down to the lower floor and found the Box Office now empty.
"Excuse me, we seem to have a problem..." and explained the situation. "What was the name?", asked the supervisor. Someone had handed them in. A wave of relief had come all over Emily and how we laughed. Not at her but at the fact it had given us something to smile over.
We made our way to our seats. Fabulous, Row A of the Circle (Lucky Bitches). We took our seats as the lights went down and the Gay Mens Chorus entered the Auditorium.
I think we can honestly say it was the best Christmas Concert any of us have ever been to. Funny, amazing singing and some sing alongs. The boys did a mix of traditional classics such as Ding Dong Merrily on High and The First Noel as well as some of the more modern songs like Santa Baby. A drag queen sang Big Spender and incorporated audience partipation and by the second half we were enjoying ourselves so much we were singing along to almost every line and it was all we could to keep Emily from launching herself at the boys. The lovely Sandy Toksvig was our compere.
It was the perfect way to spend a night on the approach to Christmas to get you in the mood. A great Christmas concert spent in great, no fabulous company. I honestly think it will be an annual treat and as for the GMC, they surprise me time after time. 3 Concerts by them this year and I love every song more and more. I've been home nearly an hour and cant sleep, must be that I am high on adrenaline. Emily put it well, it was the perfect Christmas Bonanza to round off the year. Is that it? End of 2006? No, it aint over till DTPM on NYD. Merry Christmas for now everyone, may your Christmas be Merry and Gay.
Details of the London Gay Mens Chorus can be found at;
http://www.lgmc.org.uk/
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