Quiz night!

Finance is always a problem for any small amateur choir and a great deal of effort is put into ensuring we have enough money to pay the fabulous professionals that work with us both in terms of our preparation and when it comes to performances where we regularly have high quality singers and musicians as soloists.
All sorts of ways and means of making money are used throughout the year: plant sales, cake sales, raffles and so on.
Last night, however, was the Thame Choral Society Quiz Night. Four years ago, in a meeting somebody mentioned the idea of a quiz night as a way of raising money for the choir. One of the committee then looked at me and said "You could do that couldn't you?" Before I had taken breath or even thought I found myself saying "yes" and so a little tradition began.
It appears that we have made a solid sum of money and I also (rather surprisingly) had some voice left this morning. I hope all who were there had a good time and that my questions weren't too taxing! With 12 teams and only 14 marks separating the top and bottom teams it was a true competition!
The hall we used was full to bursting so if you want to participate next year, you'd better hit the books soon, the Strollers have set the bar quite high!
A huge "Thank You" is due to all those who showed up on a filthy night and, of course, to all those who sorted out the administration and enabled me just to ask questions!