This is proving to be a busy December. Not with work but social commitments so we are not complaining. Last Sunday K and I attended our first Jingle Bell Christmas concert at the Royal Albert Hall, together with Liling. I remember last year where I was keen to get tickets and they were all sold out, showing how popular Christmas concerts are at the RAH. I made a mental note to book tickets in advance and so I did ;)
There are many concerts to choose from - choir, to orchestra, to dances, some even with candlelight (to add to the atmosphere). We decided on choosing a more upbeat, modern concert and it was a good decision.
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| Excited much |
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| All very happy and festive |
When we arrived we were blown away by the decor on stage and around the box seats. All very festive! Many of the audience wore Santa hats (I brought them too!), some with blinking lights, some literally brought strings of lights to wave in the hall while singing along. Everyone was so excitable that afternoon.
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| That magical feel on stage |
I loved the conductor by the way. He introduced the show and conducted; and at times danced with the main female singer (who was so good) on his little conductor stand. And I even saw him running up to join the Capital One back up choir. He certainly livened up the mood, not that he needed to if I be honest. The audience was raring to go. We waved, we clapped, we sang along. It helped that we had really good seats - on the ground so it was a good view. There were accompanying dancers, with the female dancers all dressed up in cute Santa suits, called Jingle Belles and male dancers in shiny silver suits who added to the atmosphere.
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| Jingle Belles! |
K was very impressed and Liling was really pleased she came along too. Me? I was smiling from ear to ear and waving my arms in unison with the rest, singing along. Maybe this can be another of our annual Christmas tradition! Speaking of tradition, there is a tradition as part of this annual concert - the twelve days of Christmas song tradition. So they split the audience into 12 sections and each section has to stand and do some actions depending on which "day" they are allocated. We got "3 french hens!" and so had to stand up and do this neck thing to act out a hen. Hilarious. And soon pretty much the whole hall had people standing up and doing their thing, sitting down and all giggling and laughing. I particularly liked the "5 golden rings" because they asked people in that section to pair up and for one to do a big circle with their arms and going over the other's head, hugging the other person eventually.
For as long as we are here in London, we agreed we shall make this an annual tradition.
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