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“All good things must come to an end”

- Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

 

“Th-th-that’s all folks!”

- Porky Pig, Looney Tunes

 

On the final day of choir tour, Herr Graham gave to me:

 

Twelve Days of Christmas - to rapturous applause from our best audience yet

Eleven Units of Regret - Hession drinks his way to a whisky-induced hangover, moments he would rather forget, and a Euro70 bar bill

Ten Rounds of Bumming - in the yard outside the church

Nine Ographies of Graham - Our Great Leader took actions in certain pieces too far, and forgot how Christ is the Morning Star went

Eight ‘O’ Antiphons - Sung for the final time of the Christmas Season

Seven Organ Issues - Including a particularly startling opening to the Howells Gloucester MagnificatSix Portions of Slagroom - Hot chocolate is nothing without a healthy dose of slagroom

Five Dodgy Presents - Secret Santa this year included whips, collars, handcuffs and worse

Four Free Hours - to explore the shops and markets of Nijmegen

Three Can Basses - softening “g”s and aspirating “w”s with festive fervour

Two Spoiled Secrets - The unbilled performance of “A Spotless Rose” and the identity of Toby’s Secret Santa (Josh)

One incredible end to an unforgettable week in the Netherlands

 

Merry Christmas from Josh (Dec Tenor Too) and Toby (Can Bass Spare / Human Keyboard), currently in a 3-hour check-in queue at Amsterdam Airport