Author: Siobhan Jones

Dear All  Congratulations to everyone for a fabulous concert on Sunday. It all came together beautifully in the end and was delivered with great energy. Well done to all of us! While we greatly missed Neavan, we could not have asked for a better stand-in than Alex Turner. I have passed on to him our sincere thanks and the many… Read more →

Dear All We’ve had an update from Neavan. He won’t be able to be with us on Sunday; sadly his mum is seriously ill so naturally he wants to stay by her side. He asked us to pass on this message to everyone: Dear Sheen Gate Choir, I am very sorry I will not be present for our concert on… Read more →

Dear All What a great rehearsal on Tuesday with the multitasking maestro Robert! Well done to everyone who made it and huge thank you to Robert (and Lesley for helping out!). The run through was calming and reassuring and just what we needed with the uncertainty over Neavan. I’ve reproduced below Robert’s very helpful tips for all the tricky parts… Read more →

Dear All Please see below details for Holly Lodge Concert tommorrow, Thursday 4th Dec 25. Note as well as our 3 songs we will be singing 5 carols from 100 Carols for choirs book. If you don’t have this book then please print off the pieces – links below.   Also see information on ticket sales for our concert on… Read more →

Dear All Just two rehearsals left before our Sunday concert!… and Neavan remains very happy with how things are going. Just remember his tips for the night (mainly LOOK AT HIIM!!) and we’ll sound great.  Holly Lodge is next Thursday – see below for timings / programme.  This week we ran through the (straight forward) Away in a Manger which… Read more →

Dear All The Armed Man Score Order for next term: deadline to be included in bulk order is tomorrow Tues 24th Nov. Please let me know if you would like to be included. If you miss bulk order you can place order directly. Away in a Manger: please print and bring this score tomorrow, link here (joint song with schools… Read more →

Dear All Rehearsal on 25th Nov will be back at Christchurch as usual. We’ll start off with Stars. Neavan was delighted with our efforts this week. Our run through of the Brahms convinced him (after admitting some doubts, it being a challenging piece!) that it should stay in the programme. Well done everyone for the obvious efforts preparing that one.… Read more →

REMINDER!! 18th Nov Rehearsal at St Mary the Virgin’s Church Mortlake: Today for one week only we will be rehearsing in St Mary the Virgin’s Church Mortlake ( St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Mortlake ) while Christchurch undergoes electrical work. The church entrance is on a pedestrian path called Church Path which runs between Mortlake High Street and North Worple Way. Enter via… Read more →

Dear All Rehearsal on 18th Nov will be at St Mary the Virgin Mortlake (see below); As promised we had a good go at Brahms An Die Heimat covering pages 26-32 (the first 5 to H) and delighting Neavan with our evident, excellent preparation. (Keep it up!) We also ran through Chilcott’s Wish you a Merry Christmas and Riches Everlastingly,… Read more →

Dear All We concentrated on 12 Days of Christmas this week. Keep eyes on Neavan! Timing is tricky for this piece, look up particularly for the 5 Days sections and final 12 Days. We will be looking at Brahms An Die Heimat next week – after which we’ll have run through all the music for the concert. If you can… Read more →