"It was a truly magical experience listening to you singing without scores again, all of you on the very tip top point of David’s baton.  It was as if his baton was a paint brush creating, with a sweep of his arm, shades of colours from dark to light and back again in a few musical milliseconds.  The effect was electrifying and unforgettable." (E. Howard)

After some weeks of bucket-loads of spam on any article open to comments, installing reCaptcha seems to be working well - so you humans out there... comment away!

Deborah has had some feedback on the new look via email. If you'd like to tell us what you think here, then feel free to comment.

From the Webmaster:

I would hope that most people have upgraded their web browsers and are not running Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) now, but there have been some people having trouble using Google Docs for the seating plan - this could possibly be attributed to using IE6 which Google no longer supports.

Upgrading is generally an easy process - not something to be too worried about.

Well here's a handy little tool: Speedshifter, a freebie from the ABRSM website, enables you to slow down that tricky section you're trying to learn from a CD or MP3, so that you can tackle it at a speed that suits you.  The great bonus is that the pitch is not affected.