Author: siobhan.waswood@icloud.com

Sorry for the very late review – been a hectic week. First, a big thank you to those who arrived early on Tuesday and laid out the chairs so we were able to start promptly. Please use that same seat location for the rest of the rehearsals and the concert. If you were unable to be there on Tuesday, please…… Read more →

     Dear All I hope you’ve had a lovely half term break enjoying the glorious sunshine. EARLY SET UP TONIGHT: With just a few rehearsals to go until our concert we’d like to start promptly this evening. We’ll be on the raised altar area tonight so will need to set up chairs as we used to do. If anyone can get…… Read more →

It’s Tuesday evening, and with no rehearsal tonight I am certain you are missing the sound of my voice… I was thinking of suggesting that those who have not yet marked up their scores might meet for a fun* session of page turning and pencil note making. But as an alternative, here is a 15-minute video going through the Haydn,…… Read more →

Well, today is May 24 so that means that exactly one month from now we will be ironing blouses and polishing shoes ready for the big night. Three more rehearsals to go. The good news is that things are coming together. Last night we sang through everything in the program apart from Zorongo. The recordings are at the bottom of…… Read more →

We are on the home stretch. Things are coming together well, but there is plenty of refinement that we can do – and want to do, to make it a special event. This is our timetable from here – Tuesday May 23 – normal rehearsalTuesday May 30 – no rehearsal, half term – but sectional brush-up rehearsals possibleTuesday June 6…… Read more →

Despite a number of us being unavailable due to illness and other things, last night was a fantastic step towards what is going to be a brilliant evening next month. We bounced through a lot of music, and we are close to being note perfect. Maybe not word perfect, the German is still a struggle in places, but the sound…… Read more →

Anyone using the cyberbass practice track for The Creation will have noticed its movement numbers don’t tally with our edition of The Creation, so I’ve drawn up a quick reference guide for anyone who might find this useful. The pages, movement numbers & ABCs all refer to the Carus edition. I’ve included the title of the movements for those using…… Read more →

Dear All  As mentioned before we are looking for volunteers to help ahead of the concert and on the night itself. I’ve listed below the jobs we still need to fill – please email Siobhan if you’d be happy to help out with any of them (jonezfamily658@virginmedia.com): Set-up              – from 12:30 on day of concert Clear–up         – this if for EVERYONE!!  Managing…… Read more →

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well. Bit of a nasty cold going around the Hawkins children, hopefully it is limited to this house and that age range. If, like us, that gives you some down time this weekend, can I suggest that you take 15 minutes with a pencil to go through your Haydn score and make…… Read more →

Hello everyone, Tickets request Please email Tricia Joshi on patricia@joshifamily.co.uk.  You will need to make the payment to the choir account – using your name and ‘Concert’ as the ref.  Don’t forget you need to buy a ticket for yourself. Tickets are £15, £5 for under-12s. There won’t be physical tickets again this year but a list at the door works well…… Read more →