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Sing-along Café 2025-01-16

The first Sing-along Café of 2025 was quiet, just 4 of us, but lovely. I brought some banana bread and buttercup squash muffins that I had baked. Some tea was sipped. And, we sang and talked and laughed.

I had us start with a look at the Christmas and Hanukkah playlist, thinking that we hadn't had enough Christmas music in December. Nah. We were fine. But, we sang I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. 

From there, we went free-form. Ian mentioned having seen a video of the Carpenters. I can't remember a propos of what. We sang and talked about body image and eating disorders, enjoying a ton of Carpenters songs on the Apple playlist called Carpenters Essentials. (Wow, did they have a lot of great songs!) There we talked about my choir a bit, and then, from Bless the Beasts and Children (they have no voice, no choice), we talked about Children's rights. It reminded me of the reading I'd been doing about Autism and reminded Thain about her time teaching. 

After the Carpenters, we went on to Musicals. I don't know how we got there, but it was fun! We found the Apple Playlist Classic Broadway Essentials. It inspired so many fun memories: Memories of shows experienced with family and friends, a trip to New York, movies, singing, and more singing. 

Here's a sample of songs from the evening:

  • We've Only Just Begun
  • Top of the World
  • Yesterday Once More
  • Close to You
  • Willkommen
  • Don't Rain on My Parade
  • My Favourite Things
  • Memory
  • Wouldn't it be Loverly
  • Tonight
  • America
  • Anything You Can Do
  • All I Ask of You

Next week, we're going to sing Disney songs. We'll start with the classics, and then move to some of the more recent movies. I can hardly wait. And, I don't have to make a playlist. There are Disney albums and playlists aplenty. Do you think they'll let me sing Let it Go again?





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