Hello everyone
I hope everyone is doing well. You are probably wondering what is going on with the rehearsal situation. Well, so are we. Choristers across the UK have been busy writing to their MPs, signing petitions and doing everything possible to make Oliver Dowden and DCMS understand just how wrong-headed their last minute change to guidance was. If you have not done any of these things, please do! The more noise, the more our chance of getting things changed. Take a look at @ABCDTweets or the hashtag #ChoirsMatter to see the extent of the uprising.
Technically, it seems clear that we are actually able to sing together, because the law allows it. But with explicit (albeit not legally binding) guidance saying we cannot sing, we are still in a situation where we do not feel that we can meet. So, for now, Tuesday’s rehearsal is ‘pending clarification’ but, absent any new guidance, will not go ahead.
But please do not give up hope. Please keep your Tuesday evening open as long as you can, because if there is a reversal of guidance it will surely come out of the blue and with no notice. We will wait until Tuesday afternoon to confirm that the rehearsal is indeed cancelled if there is no change. And naturally if there is good news it will be posted just as quickly as the internet will allow.
Fingers crossed, keep practising at home, and we promise that Sheen Gate Choir will sing together again soon.