Well, here we are again!
Who’d have thought it? Certainly not Alexis who 45 years ago when she was a
young girl of just 33 with a house full of kids and six ladies enjoying a
singsong around her piano that her Esk Community Choir would still be going…nay
vibrant and thriving all these years later!
It’s in the interests of
holding strong this writer’s new year’s resolution for 2024 that she will be
keeping her briefs brief; that rather than write a recap of this year’s events,
it will suffice to say that it has been a year of many highs and some lows, and
some lows that became highs but oh what highs we have had!
From those very early
‘wonder years’ through the challenges of performances of every genre, to pandemics
and stumbles through a tech-savvy world, Alexis has laughed, cried… mostly happy
tears… and allowed the rest of us to come along for the ride. But her signature characteristic is her love
and appreciation of her choir; her energy and empathy fused with a generous and
kindly spirit which shines through at our rehearsals and reflected in our
performances which have kept generations of audiences entertained for all these
years.
To have gathered at the
Colonial Café in the Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre as a choir family to mark
the end of this anniversary year was as fitting as it gets. A big thank you to Ruth Sk. for shepherding everyone
through a fabulous evening. It was only right that this choir all share in
celebrating with delightful food, great entertainment, funny, insightful, and
occasionally, sensible moments together.
Though it will never be forgot,
this year is now ‘Auld Lang Syne’. 2024
is that new year to collectively decide to again move forward together and
drink from that cup of kindness yet. Bring
it on I say!!!
Merry Christmas to you
all.
By: Sue Walker
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| Linda von Nida |
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| Christine Caldwell |
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| Di Chaplin |
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| Jan Jennings & Kathie Watts |
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| Eric von Nida |
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Helene Hawes
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| Roland Cox |
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| Alexis, Ruth, Suzanne |
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| Caitlin, Di, Jo, Ruth & Judy |
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| Ruth and Alexis |
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