abcd Convention Day 3

Day 3 always begins with the A.G.M. Usual sort of thing. Slightly different for me as I stand down from the council. Moved between the sessions with camera. The most interesting was that given by Paul Mealor on composing for Royalty. Later sat through a very authoritative lecture by Paul Spicer. He focussed mainly on Elgar's oratorios that aren't Gerontius and finished with an extract of Dyson's "Quo vadis". There is a lot of good stuff in those early 20th century English works. They should be done more often. After lunch Paul took the remaining delegates through some extracts from his own Easter and Advent Oratorios.

The Convention ended with a cup of tea and an hour of clearing up. Very pleased and very tired.