Sunday, 8 December 2013

The Fifi troopers

Under the leadership on the evening of Judith Reynolds the Fifi troopers were in place to sing traditional Christmas songs along with mince pies, sausage rolls and mulled wine. The local children being taught by Alice Smee and Kathy Don sang a couple of English songs they had learnt to perfection.
Outsiders would never have known that the President of the group had just recently lost her husband, the Treasurer Sue Hunt was not long out of hospital having had a hip replacement and our "eminence grise" who sends out the monthly newsletter Doreen Porter was not able to manage coming in her wheelchair.
That is why I call the ladies troopers.
 A big thanks to John Taylor and Max James for gender swapping and becoming "ladies" for the evening to join the singing group. I do hope you get your legs pulled over that remark!
Thank you ladies for arranging for the third year this free  evening open to everyone in all language communities and Happy Christmas to you all.
Local French children singing in English

John Taylor replies
I was very happy to 'bend my gender' in support
of Fifi. I thought the ladies performed exceptionally well and I enjoyed  being
part of a very jolly evening. Being described as 'a male member' was certainly
my highlight of the occasion, it's not the first time I have been described thus, but certainly the most
polite!
Here's to a ding dong merrily on high!
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