Music for Formal Dinner – String Quartet in Cheltenham

It may have been a frosty start to 2009, but the Ardeton String Quartet don’t let a little snow get in our way.

It was a frosty Tuesday evening when we set off for Faithfull House in Cheltenham. The car thermometer may have said it was -3 centigrade, and the snow still on the ground seemed to confirm this, but we soon warmed the hearts of the residents at the retirement home.

At 6pm the guests arrived for dinner and were met by a gentle backdrop of classical music. As dessert was served, however, we had quite a few people around us singing along to Cole Porter and Frank Sinatra hits, with others running an informal version of ‘name that tune’ in the corner of the room. In the end the guests kept us playing so long there was no time for the raffle!