Guatemala update

Hi everyone,Here's the line-up for our Guatemala evening.Dale J Weeks, Su Austin(my daughter), Adeline, Zoe Konez, Donna Terenzi, me and Step Murray(TymonDog) .It will be a singer/songwriter extravaganza!The lovely Pete Prescott, who may get up and give us a song, will compere but Phil Hudson can't be there cause he's going to Sweden or somewhere(don't tell Judith!) We're all going to let our hair down and party till they throw us out which may be anytime after 12am. Please come and support us ,those kids need it.
love
claire
ps Jonathan Claire IS going to be there after all!

lyrics for "someday we'll all be together"

Here are the chords and lyrics for "someday."As you can see the chords won't go underneath the words as they're meant to, it's something to do with the way the blog has been written, never mind! It just goes round and round in a very simple pattern the way Pachebel wrote it (genius!) have fun!

Home heart warmth safe
C G Am Em
Love here peace now
F C F G
Life truth close warm
C G Am Em
love here peace now
F C F G

And each day reaching further
C G
And each day building something
Am Em
We'll make a place of safety
F C
We'll build a house of love here
F G
And when the sun goes down we'll
C G
Count all the stars above and
Am Em
We'll make a wish that someday
F C
We will all be together
F G

Home heart warmth safe
C G Am Em
Love here peace now
F C F G
Life love close warm
C G Am Em
Friends here peace now
F C F G

And each day reaching further
And each day building something
We'll make a place of safety
We'll build a house of love here
And when the sun goes down
We'll count all the stars above and
We'll make a wish that someday
We will all be together

Home heart warmth love......ah ah
C G Am Em

peace now peace
F G C

Sunny Somerset/Japanese Sunrise

Hello my dear friends! Just thought I'd post something so you can catch up on my activities in the last week.Last weekend I went to Somerset to sing at a private party for my friends, Denise Cush and and Dave Francis.It was Dave's 50th birthday. Denise is my oldest "best" friend.We met on our first day at primary school! I consider myself extremely fortunate to have met her because she is without doubt one of the loveliest people I've ever met.Throughout my life she has always been a constant loving prescence who never judged me or deserted me and that has been such a blessing.We don't see a lot of each other and indeed there were years when we only exchanged christmas cards but it doesn't matter does it? I'm sure you all have friends like that too and aren't they wonderful?
I was anxious the day before because I'd had car trouble and had to take my PA down there.I have to admit that in March I committed a crime! I finally put too many points on my licence thru speeding that they took it away for 6 months!No,honestly,I'm not proud,my niece was run over by a car when she was 12 so I know the damage they can do (she survived with a broken leg)( I wasn't going very fast by the way in case you're worried about me!)
So the car had been playing up because it had been parked in the country for 6 months.
I made it anyway and we all had a good party.
Dave's brother Terry was DJing that night and said he knew some people who book the Truck festival in Oxford.He has since sent me details and I've sent them a cd.I've also had some interest from The studio in Hartlepool and dear John Gorman is trying to get me some gigs in Liverpool.
This week I went with my friend Sue Perry to volunteer some time to the "Step On" project which helps local kids in Hastings who're in danger of being excluded from school.I thought we could do some songwriting and music.Sue's an image consultant and will help them with presentations for interviews etc. I'll be seeing her later at John Evan's house when we watch the Bonfire Boys procession go by..it's Hastings week and tonight we celebrate the Battle of Hastings with fireworks and mayhem yey!!
This morning I received a box of cds from japan.They've been released there by Airmail Recordings and the leaflet with it said BRITISH LEGEND COLLECTION vol.33.isn't that marvellous? I'm a legend at last!
much love to you all
claire

Goodbye Mr Best

Last night I said goodbye to an old friend who is re-locating to Cyprus.Martin Best was the manager of Harpers Bar here in Hastings during it's hey day in the late 90's and early part of this century! We shall all miss him but life always changes and we must embrace change as part of our journey.I learned such a lot at that little bar.It helped me to have fun with music again.Until i started to go down there and just sit in the bar and play,I was someone who was pretty"precious" about where and when I would sing.I had been used to singing in large halls around the country and found it hard to just sing for sheer pleasure.We had some great sing-songs,I remember nights when the whole roomful of people were singing together at the tops of their voices.We often had an international flavour too when Andrew (Warren)used to bring down some of his foreign students and we'd all sing old Mc Donald had an international farm!It may sound naff to you but until you've heard a chinese dog bark or a russian cow moo, well you haven't really lived have you? So Bon Voyage Martin, best of luck,don't take a pebble from the beach..so many good memories to treasure .love Claire

A Song for Guatemala

Hello everyone,I just thought I'd tell you about the "Song for Guatemala" charity evening at the White Rock Hotel,Hastings on November 18th,it's a saturday.I was approached last year by an old friend from way back, who is now living and working with poor people in Guatemala.Last year they were devastated by hurricane "Stan" which has only made things more difficult for them.The charity we will be raising money for is" The Victoria Project" which supports teenagers who are training to be primary school teachers.They need money for bus fares accommodation, books etc.Then they go back to their villages and teach the little kids how to read and write and we all know that education is the only way out of poverty!Guatemala is not the only country that needs help,there are so many worthy charities in the world but every penny we raise that night will be going directly to them and they will be so grateful.