(Not especially) sweet music

To a rehearsal of Bach's B Minor Mass last night.

There's a member of my choir called Chris who I always thought was a bit odd.

Anyway now he seems to have decided to inhabit a woman's voice: he was singing alto.

It didn't go especially with the shaven head and beard.

Trouble is, he was sat right behind me, his voice is about twice as loud as all the other altos, and, while in tune, it doesn't exactly have a nice tone to it.

Still, I manfully struggled on with the bass part, and overall it was quite a successful evening.

Strictly's Alesha

The lovely Alesha (as opposed to that other lovely, Alicia) has been very badly treated by commentators on Strictly.

OK, so she's not as much of an expert on dance as Arlene, who she replaced.

But surely there's room for someone who's been through it (and won), knows a fair bit about the subject, speaks for the viewers, and (yes, I admit it) is rather attractive as well.

Anyway, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and her contributions have been good since joining the show.

So be quiet, Alesha knockers!!