 Changing Places Week 146 W/C 7th December 2008
The Boys were in town and walked tall - in fact head and shoulders above everyone else. Matthew's brothers decided that they missed him and came to see what life was like in Soller in the winter. There is a very tall gene in that family they are all over 6'2 so three of them en masse in our small town - full of short people, look like a force to be reckoned with. They bonded over walks up the mountains and late nights in our one `young' bar in town where the combination of beer and brandy were lethal. A boy's night out in Soller in December with the police station in the town hall keeping an eye on the revelry of the deserted town square was considered very amusing by the policeman brother. The engineer brother was much taken with the train and tram network and invented the answer to London's traffic problems using the Soller example and the bottom of a beer glass. The visit was soon over and having established that their youngest brother was in good shape here in the mountains of the hidden valley they departed for North London.
The people from the Soller valley make very regular trips through that tunnel and keep up with all that's going on in Palma. On Sunday a convoy of vehicles met up in the car park near the Cathedral - a coincidence -but we were all there for the Ecumenical Carol Service. This was the tenth anniversary of the occasion and the Cathedral was packed. The children of Centre Stage made their way to the altar bearing gifts for children less fortunate than themselves. They took their place and sang with enthusiasm and charm. Kate is part of that group, so us proud Grandparents got as near the front as possible to see and hear them. The other choir and the soloist singing the `Sibil.la' were very impressive and in those stunning surroundings the haunting sound made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The smallest children stole the show and the Centre Stage children from as young as six with their angelic faces brought tears to the eye.
No time for crying as its off to the next performance of the week - The Georgie Insull singers are putting the finishing touches to their Christmas performance on Friday night (8 p.m. - Anglican Church, Palma). We are entering that phase of `perfection would be good' but `exquisite perfection' would be better. A combination of Georgie Insull and her direction and Conway Jones on the piano means there is nowhere to hide. Get it right choir - you've been rehearsing long enough! All will be sweetness and light on Friday and there's even a mince pie afterwards. The famous Christmas Raffle on behalf of the Anglican Church will be held after the concert. Fantastic prizes mean that people will be leaving the concert on Friday with a head full of music and the possibility of a Mediterranean Cruise for Two and a host of other great prizes.
There really is no excuse to sit at home and watch the TV this Friday night. Everyone is singing for Christmas. The massed choirs of Majorca including Trev (my husband) will be making up a huge choir singing The Messiah in the Cathedral... This goes head to head with the Georgie Insull concert, but no matter, there are enough people interested in good music here to fill these concerts ten times over.
Back through the tunnel the Soller singers and musicians are working hard to put the final touches to their concert being held on Sunday. The town band plays and the enthusiastic trumpeters and brass section sets the tone for the start of a Soller Christmas. After the concert everyone descends on the square to drink their hot chocolate and discuss the performance... We have a music school in Soller and the kids are a great credit to their teachers. We are so fortunate to have music wherever we go - Soller, Palma and the rest of the Island - a great choice for our relocation.
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