Christmas songs by the Eye Matter Choir, accompanied on keyboard by Fiona Dunn, on 6th December 2025

Eye Matter is a charity that holds events for blind and partially sighted members, many of them on Zoom, including the Eye Matter choir, directed by Rachel Bowden Waterson. Their only in-person rehearsal was on the afternoon of this concert. Singers: Amrit, Andy, Kevin, Jessica, Oleksandra, Rachel, Ron, Sam, Suzie Tracks were: Sleigh Ride, music by Leroy Anderson, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish, this performance based on the Ronettes' version Deck the Halls, 16th century Welsh melody with English lyrics by Thomas Oliphant, 1862 It's beginning to look like Christmas by Meredith Willson, based on the Bing Crosby version Together in Electric Dreams by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder, mainly based on their recording, with a sprinkling of influence from the Lola Young version Here comes Santa Claus by Gene Autry Mistletoe and Wine by Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart and Keith Strachan, based on the Cliff Richard version Merry Christmas by Ed Sheeran and Elton John with a short encore