Arc en Ciel in Jonzac on Saturday

The Arc en Ciel choir has been rather quiet this season, unlike last year when we performed so many concerts. Then, suddenly, we were offered two on the same day! Fortunately both were in Jonzac.

In the afternoon we sang a reduced programme in a "Maison Medicalisée", a care home for people with dementia and Alzheimer's. It's a splendid building, very well designed, and the atmosphere was wonderful. Most of the audience were appreciative, and the rest seemed content (especially the man in the second row of chairs, who slept peacefully through it).

The evening concert was in the Temple de Jonzac, a recently renovated Protestant "church" with a lovely acoustic which was very comfortable for sopranos.

We sang the usual random mix of music, from Aznavour to Vivaldi; though I thought it a shame there were so few Christmas songs. In the afternoon I completely mistimed my solo verse in the gospel song Amen, and had to skip the ending. I got it right in the evening, which was just as well because it was one of the two encores noisily demanded by the audience, the other being Hevenou Chalom Alechem (French transliteration, and very confusing for me!). They were so enthusiastic that we finished rather late, but very happy.