My second, very enjoyable, Christmas Social Sing with the The Soul Choir was again held at Holmfirth Civic Hall. Another very good turn out with all the available tickets sold out.
As before we steered clear of many of the overdone Christmas Carols and festive background tunes that drove me mad when I worked in retail. Dan also had his fill of them when he worked primary schools so happily he chose some selections based upon them being Christmas chart hits. We had to encore / finish with a popular Soul Choir choice and on this occasion that was Gloria Jones’ ‘Tainted Love’.
The ‘Social Sing’ format chosen for this final 2025 rehearsal again opened the event to the public, so Dan gave a short tutorial of each song with the choir also guiding newcomers.
We sang the following ten songs:
| Song | Original Artist |
| White Christmas | Drifters Doo Wop style |
| Do You Hear What I Hear | Bing Crosby |
| Only You | Yazoo / Flying Pickets |
| Caravan of Love | The House Martins |
| Fairy Tale of New York City | The Pogues / Kirsty McColl |
| Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy | David Bowie / Bing Crosby |
| Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord | Boney M |
| Children Go Where I Send Thee | African Tradition Gospel |
| Sleigh Ride | The Ronettes |
| Tainted Love | Gloria Jones |
