This year twas our intention to attend the great convention

To sing of love with tuneful meaning and intent

Though we felt much apprehension, we paid serious attention

And learnt our notes, the words, and even what they meant

We attended a retreat and worked hard to defeat

Any notes we thought would make the judges shudder

We had the two tunes beat, our sound was strong and sweet

When COVID hit and we were a chorus with no rudder

We felt the call of doom but then we heard of Zoom

and worked hard to maintain a strong connection

We made our houses boom as we sang loudly in our room

And greeted each arriving member with affection

We learnt how to get online and had the patter worked out fine

‘We can’t hear you turn your mike on’ was the call

We watched each other dine, and sip a whisky or a wine

We learnt some tags, gave support and had a ball.

We followed government restriction, avoided flue affliction

We stayed apart, washed our hands and wore a mask

But our musical addiction added thought to our conviction

Our precious Nerryl rose like phoenix to the task

We met down by the river, with our voices all a quiver

To sing of lullabies, true colours, a million dreams

Nerryl asked what we could give her, our harmony made us shiver

The joy of singing in our chorus made us beam

In these unprecedented times, when our stress level climbs

and we are jumpy when anybody sneezes

We long for friendlier climes, and past happy times

When the world seemed full of hope and less diseases

We’ve all been through the ringers, as individuals and as singers

But throughout we’ve had a wonderful connection

As COVID 19 lingers we can avoid being whingers

And spend some time in quiet introspection

We are lucky overall, our covid numbers have been small

And our connection with our chorus is maintained

We have support when we fall, friends to hug us when we bawl

and a song to uplift us when we are drained

we can feel a deep elation as we near a vaccination

and we hope that all our friends are safe and well

to sing together our aspiration with chorus folk our inspiration

let us hope 2021 will turn out swell!