The day started early with a pop up performance for our choir. Today at the Brighton Bandstand.

Yesterday we attracted a great crowd of people who joined in clapping along, singing and even dancing. We were at the Brighton Pier.

Our friends who live in Brighton came along to support. It was great to see Lou and her friends. We have made so many lovely friends through our swimming holiday and several live here. The owner Simon’s wife Lou arrived with her kids and a few friends.

They wore their sparkly clothes. Jac, our director, was envious of the sparkly jacket one of the girls had on. Especially as Jac’s bag had gone missing from her flight over and all her props for our Fringe show were in her bag !

I quickly asked Lou if Jac could borrow the jacket. Next minute….

My friend Yves came along today with partner Liz and his little boy. Two year old Laurie liked the singing so much he joined me on stage. He was humming along with great enthusiasm.

Next stop was a shopping centre. The acoustics were great and again lots of people joined in.

Particularly popular was our moveable version of Love Is in the Air.

Third stop was in the gardens at the Royal Pavilion.

A big day. The Saturday crowds were surging! There were hens parties all over town, kids licking ice creams, buskers playing on every street corner. People were getting used up seeing us…… the Aussie singers.

Steve went off to Lewes to check out the castle …. And the brewery. It’s only 25 minutes away. I went back with Ros to her apartment ( we left our air BnB this morning )as we needed to rest before tonight’s BIG concert.

Excitement mounted. The sound check went well. We had a frozen margarita to calm the nerves and then ….., the doors opened, the crowd arrived. Six of my friends arrived keen to join the fun.

And away we went. Our Bangers and Mashup concert was a huge hit. The crowd danced and clapped, joined in the singing 🎶 and enjoyed the bar!

Finishing around 10.30 we drove back to our friends Bill and Marie France about 35 minutes away.

A big night followed by a big sleep in!

After a slow start the next day e enjoyed our friend’s garden.

They are having an open garden and garden party soon so it’s looking great. A lot of love has gone into this garden.

We’ll enjoy our few days here before heading v off towards Bath for the next Fringe concert. 🎶