We had a very interesting experience last night. Peter had seen an announcement inviting people to come join a singing group. The group is organized by Ken & Eileen, an English couple of a certain age. She is a former opera singer and he, a former professional violinist. Once we found their house, we joined a group of about a dozen enthusiastic singers (mostly British, but some French), after a glass of wine. They are preparing a selection on songs from around the world for a concert in mid August. Eileen led on the piano, and you could easily imagine her in her younger days on the stage. Ken led the singing and played a double bass. He has a booming basso profundo voice (a little less so as he’s aged), an amazing face, a wild mane of white hair and quite a beard. A couple of real characters!! Their house was quite was quite a vision as well. Eileen likes ‘themes’ for rooms and requested the huge sitting room have a ‘Palais de Versailles’ theme. It was quite amazing. It made for a memorable evening and made up a bit for some of the musical involvement that Peter is missing. They invited us to a concert they are organizing at the castle, I believe, in Chalûs on Saturday, which will be fun.
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