A very pleasant soiree

Last night was a very welcome respite from how I've been feeling of late. I went up the pub and played through my stuff while it was quiet. While I was playing the micropub tour (alias pub crawl) came in, so I just continued. The music went down very well; the party was in an advanced state of 'jolliness' and started singing along to my playing. It was such fun! They either started before me, after me, or all at different times from each other. There was lots of laughter and people requested me to play songs. My brother and his partner arrived, which made me feel happy. A couple of the group kindly bought me glasses of cider for medicinal purposes, and these were very gratefully received.
While the group was there, we learned that there was a second bus load of them, and that they were expected to arrive within the hour. They duly arrived, and in an even merrier state, and so I played again. They were too 'cheerful' to sing, and were happy enough having a laugh and a joke, with the music playing in the background. While I played, I heard someone whisper loudly "I bet he can't play Fur Elise". I duly played that as the next number. The crowd enjoyed it and asked me to play the 'Moonlight Sonata'. Both groups said very kind things about my playing. However I don't understand why people believe that Fur Elise is difficult to play. It isn't difficult, unless you can't play it.
Tonight I'm back at the pub to play for the landlord's birthday party. I expect to see several of my closest people there, so am looking forward to it even more.
The picture at the top is of a victorian-style sing-song. The video is of the music-hall artiste Lily Morris singing 'My Old Man Said Follow The Van'. I regularly play this song at the pub. I hope you will enjoy it.