A gala dinner was organised in aid of Gloucester Cathedral funds, with performances from the various Cathedral choirs, and held in the nave. The Choral Society performed near the end of this, and we fitted it in after our usual rehearsal ended early. We sang three pieces from memory, all very well known so not involving really hard work to memorise: the Hallelujah Chorus, Locus iste and I was glad. It had to be from memory as the main illumination was the candles on the tables, laid out in parallel lines east-west rather like those in a College dining hall.
I’d been told that there were all sorts of famous and notable local people there, but I didn’t try to identify any of them.