Bob Evans, who runs the weekly music sessions at Baskerville Hall, discovered that this Wednesday was National Science Fiction Day, posted it on Facebook, and before you knew it, the evening had a theme!
We started with Star Trekkin (across the universe), complete with handouts showing the guitar chords. I think I last sang this at a Star Trek convention in the 1980s (probably along with In the Navy changed to In the Starfleet).
I chose Fireball XL5 as my TV theme of the week, only to discover that guitarist Martin had also chosen it - so he sang it too, with the extra verse that was on the record! There were lots of songs with stars (Starry, Starry Night) and the Moon (Moon River), as well as the usual mix of pop and folk and exotic instruments (David brought his Chinese bawu and Welsh pigborn), and a Noel Coward medley from Susan (Dear Uncle Harry, Bad Times Just Around the Corner and Stately Homes of Old England).
We even got Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on the squeezebox from Autoharp Simon - which made it sound like a morris dancing tune!
Much fun was had by all, though it was noted that there was a certain lack of Doctor Who related music - I'll have to see what I can do about that :)
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