Sing-along Café Thursday, February 5th, 2026

Thank you, Everyone, for a lovely birthday afternoon! It was so beautiful, the cards, the cake, the decorations, everything. I had a wonderful birthday.

Thank you for putting up with me wanting to sing songs that you hadn't heard before, but I hope you liked them. It wasn't easy choosing the songs to sing. I love so many, and I can't rank them. The theme was "Renate's Favourites" because it was my birthday. You'll find them in the list, in case you want to look them up, or find out more about the performers. Robyn suggested doing everyone's birthday like this, so it must have been alright. I usually try to use songs that many people will know, or that are so popular that everone knows. Occasionally, I'll throw in something that I know only one or two of you will know, but this time, I was pretty sure you wouldn't know a few of my songs.

Here are some of the songs I love to sing most, that we sang together yesterday, in alphabetical order:

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing by JJ Heller
Hallelujah (Unplugged) by Oh Wonder
Happy by Pharrell Williams
Happy Together by The Turteles
Mine Forever by Lord Huron
Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
Next to You by Joya Marteen
Not What I Meant by dodie
Pompeii by Bastille
The Shape of You by Ed Sheeran
Someone Like You by Adele

It was everything, Thanks!

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