GMC & XXL

Tis the season to be jolly, falalala la la la. Or so the Carol goes and in truth festive fashion I had arranged with my lovely girls, Emily, Lisa & Gill to go to see the annual Gay Mens Chorus Christmas concert, saturday afternoon.

We had bought tickets and arranged to meet at Victoria Station at 1300. Poor Gill had been taken ill the day before and was tied up in her bed and couldnt make it.

So I met with Emily at 1:00 at the Station while Lisa was delayed on her way in to town. We made our way to Cafe Rouge and ordered food for luncheon and a bottle of bubbles to wash it down (Lucky Bitches). It was Emily's treat as I had paid for the tickets. Lisa arrived an hour later and we then jumped into a taxi to Cadogan hall for the show. Good job we took the taxi as we only just made it in time.

Cadogan Hall is hidden just off of Sloane Square. Its an old venue with a grand church hall versus the Morman Tabanacal feel. Our seats were in the Gallery, front row and we settled down just as the choir started to pour on to the stage. 150 men with voices of Angels, performing as only the choir do. Emily and I have been supporting their work for 4 years now. They make lovely musical arrangements that alter the sound of a song as only a choir can do. What I like about it most is thats its no ordinary concert. All of the songs are entertaining and upbeat. The audience is invited to participate and they have guest appearances. The show lasted for around 2 hours and thoroughly put us all into the festive mood.

Emily had to rush off after the show to go to a Strictly Come Dancing Finaly dinner party and so we all said our goodbyes as I made my way home to chill for a few hours and then jump in the shower and spruce up.

Dusan was already out, having gone to meet his friends he used to flat share with. We had arranged to meet later that evening in XXL. With it being the weekend before Christmas you can never be sure as to if it will be busy or not. Sometimes people have left already and gone home for the holidays and other years everyone is there and ready for a festive time. It was packed and we had a good time. I even surprised myself and virtually outlasted Dusan. He had been drinking since he met his friends and was starting to look a little worse for wear around 330, so we came home and crashed out. Was a nice festive start to the Christmas Season.

Merry Christmas everybody! God bless you, everyone. xx