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#85 Man Chiu Leung Lychee Red

Man Chiu Leung

Sang two songs – Three Times a Lady,and a Cantonese song, at the ‘We Chat’ session, for Lychee Red. The songs are for a publicity video for Lychee Red (a Chinese Senior Club).

In the evening, I did my drumming at 8pm in honour of NHS staff.

Precis

From the beginning of May 2020, the UK government began easing the restrictions around lockdown, and people began cautiously opening their doors and venturing back out onto the streets and into open spaces. There was still much confusion about how safe it was to do this, with wildly differing views from both government spokespeople, the scientists – and the people themselves. In some ways, this was a more stressful time than the previous lockdown. In the following extracts, company members reflect on these changing days, with 31 days recorded, spanning May and June. Edited by Barney Bardsley