Fancy a solo?

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Dear Sing!ers, 

This week we will be meeting in the Recital Room at Hills Rd 6th Form College as usual from 7:30-9:15 on Thursday 13th March. 
We will be rehearsing only 2 songs again this week: Can't Stop the Feeling and Somewhere Only We Know. It is Altos' turn to bring snacks this week. 
Shout Out for Soloists
Do you fancy singing a solo but you aren't sure which song is right for you? Well drop us a line and we'll invite you to come to an informal try-out, where you can have a go at some of the different solos that are available and we will try to match the voices to the songs. If you have already expressed your interest in a solo then there is no need to let us know again. 

The list of songs that will likely have solos available are:
  • Songs we've already done at rehearsal:
    • Livin' On A Prayer (x2)
    • Never Gonna Not Dance Again (1 solo, 1 duet)
    • Can't Stop The Feeling (x2)
  • Songs we haven't started yet:
    • Girl On Fire – Alicia Keys (x1). This will be our sop/alto split song. 
    • Hadestown Medley (1 trio)
    • Wonder – Emeli Sandé (x1)
    • All These Things That I've Done – The Killers (x1)
    • Wayfaring Stranger – multiple artists (x1)
    • Possibly: Today One Day – a bluesy call-and-response song with lyrics by Michael Rosen (x2)
Many thanks, see you on Thursday!
Love, the Sing! Team. x

Weekend Away Sign Up!

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Dear Sing!ers

We are looking forward to meeting again this week at Hills Rd 6th Form College, in the Recital Room from 7:30 – 9:15, this Thursday 6th March. This week we will be starting a brand new song Somewhere Only We Know and finishing off learning Closer to Fine. There is still space for a couple more Sopranos and maybe an Alto in the small group if anyone else wants to join this. The recap is still to be confirmed. This week, it will be Tenors' and Basses' turn to bring snacks. 
Exciting Weekend Away Information from Jon!

Hi Sing!ers,
We are delighted to announce you can now sign up for the Weekend Away! It will be at Letton Hall in Norfolk, 9-11th May.
Thanks to those of you who completed the survey we sent out last term. If you said you want to come, the sign up sheet has been pre-populated with your details (you still need to check it and fill in the rest though!). If your situation has changed since then that’s absolutely fine, please just update the spreadsheet accordingly.
See the attached PDF for more information, also available here.
If you would like to come, then please:
1. Sign Up
  • Complete the spreadsheet here: https://tinyurl.com/singweekend2025
  • Add your details to the Signups tab, this will calculate what you owe (excluding venue-led activities which we will collect later)
2. Pay
  • Make your payment to the Sing! bank account – see below for details
  • This secures your place – first come, first served
  • Please put your name as the reference
  • If you would love to come but the cost makes it difficult for you, please reach out to Jon or Claire privately
3. Offer to Help
  • The weekend only works if lots of you help out!
  • Complete the Helping Out and Lift Shares tabs in the above spreadsheet
  • If you are willing to lead a workshop/activity on the Saturday, please let Jon know
Bank: The Co-operative Bank
Account name: Sing! Community Choir (leave the exclamation mark out if needed)
Sort Code: 08-92-99
Account Number: 65694684
Reference: <Your Name>
We’re excited to see as many of you there as possible!
All the best, 
The Sing! Team. 
pdf icon Sing-Weekend-Away-2025.pdf

Roadworks heads up

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Dear Sing!ers, 

Please be aware that for tomorrow night, there may be some delay arriving at Hills Rd 6th Form as there are some 4 way traffic lights slowing things down at the bridge, so it could be a good idea to check your map apps to see which is the best/quickest way to go and allow enough time. 
Many thanks, Sing! team. 

Winter Concert now on YouTube

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Dear Sing!ers, 

Just a reminder that there will be no rehearsal this week as it is half term. 
In the meantime, here is something to keep you going on our week off: our Winter concert 2024 is now up on Youtube! Check it out here.
All the best, 
The Sing! Team. 

Concert date

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Dear Sing!ers, 

We are looking forward to seeing you in the Recital Room at Hills Rd 6th Form College this Thursday 13th February as usual from 7:30 – 9:15. 
This week, we will be recapping Closer to Fine. The part tracks are now all up for this. We will also be learning some more Joy, followed by Can't Stop the Feeling.
This week it will be Altos' turn to bring snacks. 
Date for your Diaries!

We have confirmed Netherhall for our Summer concert on 12th July. So put the date in your diaries, please!

That's all for this week. But if you haven't yet paid your subs, they are now overdue. 

All the best, the Sing! team. 

[Sing! Rehearsals] Subs due this week!

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Dear Sing!ers, 

We are looking forward to seeing you again this Thursday 30th January at Hills Rd 6th Form College from 7:30 – 9:15. This week we will be recapping Joy, followed by learning some more Bare Necessities and we will also be starting Never Gonna Not Dance Again – again! This week it will be Sopranos' turn to bring snacks please. 
Subs
Subs for this term are now due – £35 for the term or £17.50 for concessions. Please pay whichever you can afford, concessions are self-declared with no questions asked.

Please pay by bank transfer using the details below by Friday 31 January. Prompt payment to help with planning would be greatly appreciated, and please remember to add your name as a reference! Thank you!!

Any issues please catch Claire (Treasurer) or a member of the committee at rehearsal or send us an email.

Bank: The Co-operative Bank

Account name: Sing! Community Choir (leave the exclamation mark out if needed)
Sort Code: 08 / 92 / 99
Account Number: 65694684

Reference: <Your Name!>


Catching up on music

Now that we have all our new members for the term, we'd like to remind everyone of what we hope for from you in terms of learning music for the term. As we are a choir with a relaxed attendance policy (come when you can, but don't worry if you miss some weeks!), and a choir that learns by ear rather than from sheet music, we've learnt over the years that it can be a challenge to make progress with songs in our rehearsals. For those who've missed rehearsals it can be difficult to catch up, and for those who are there every week it can be frustrating to continually have to go over things again from the beginning!

We really want to make Sing! as enjoyable as possible for everyone. So, in each weekly email, we tell you which songs we'll be singing at the coming Thursday's rehearsal. If you're going to miss the rehearsal, we'd like to ask that you have a listen and practise the songs at home instead, using the resources on our Google drive here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oWnyICGvNOpoPQ671RJtWrKU5anoZnxX

This link is included at the bottom of every weekly email we send (If you can’t find it straight away, it might be in an attachment).

We aim to share as much as we can in this folder. Due to permissions, we're not able to share full scores of all the songs, but we will share lyrics and audio recordings for everything where possible. Getting all these resources up takes a lot of time on our part, so please do use them! We're working our way through the songs for this term, so keep checking back 🙂


That's all for today, see you on Thursday!

Love, the Sing! Team. x


[Sing! Rehearsals] A brand new song!

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Dear Sing!ers, 

We are looking forward to seeing you again at Hills Rd 6th Form College, this Thursday 23rd January from 7:30-9:15. 
This week we will start by recapping the Bare Necessities from week 1. After that, we will be starting a brand new song called Closer to Fine, taken from the Barbie movie. Finally, we will practise Living on a Prayer. 
This week, it is Altos' turn to bring snacks, please. 
Equipment Helpers please!
Every week we have a small amount of equipment which needs to be taken home and stored, then brought back the following week. If you are likely to come in a car 2 weeks running then we'd love you to sign up to help with that here please.
Registration form and part teachers/conductors/instrument players still needed!
We also still need teachers, conductors and instrument players, so please sign up here if you might be interested. 
That's all for this week! 
Love, the Sing! Team. 

[Sing! Rehearsals] It’s Sign Up Time!

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Dear Sing!ers, 

We hope you are looking forward to our second week back this term! We will be meeting this Thursday at Hills Rd 6th Form college in the Recital room from 7:30 – 9:15. This week we will be revisiting Livin' on a Prayer, then learning some more of our new song, Joy. It is the Tenors and Basses turn to bring treats this week. 
Registering for the New Term
If you plan to come to any rehearsals this term (between now and the Summer Holidays) you will need to register for the new term by filling in the short form here: https://forms.gle/KD3UD3XDkKReiRis5 by the end of Friday 31st Jan. Please note: for this term, you will only be able to access the new music by signing up first. TOP TIP: After submitting the form, you will see a link which will take you to the new term's folder. Please click through and bookmark this link for future reference.
 If you do not complete this registration form, you will be removed from this mailing list and instead added to our “Friends of Sing! list” to keep you updated about upcoming public events. You will also lose access to the part teaching tacks and other learning resources.
Do ask if you have any questions or need any assistance with this.
Calling all Future Part Teachers, Conductors and Instrument Players!
Please sign up using this link if you would like to help at all with the running of Sing! Community Choir this term. Also use the link if you would like to take your name off the sheet from last term.
We need:
  • Part Teachers
  • Conductors
  • Instrument Players
Charity Donation from the concert
Finally, our treasurer Claire is thrilled to let you know that we raised £1025.97 for 'It Takes a City' from our Christmas concert. So well done everyone, it was a team effort and that was amazing work!

All the best, the Sing! Team. 

[Sing! Rehearsals] Happy New Year from Sing!

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Dear Sing!ers, 

Happy New Year
Welcome back to our new term which is starting on Thursday 9th January from 7:30-9:15 in the usual place in the Recital room at Hills Rd 6th Form college. We can't wait to see you all back again for some new songs and lots of fun. There will be some newcomers trialing our choir so please do your best to make them feel welcome as you always do! We will be learning 2 new songs: Joy and Bare Necessities and it will be Sopranos' turn to bring snacks this week. 
Shout out for Part teachers, conductors and instrument players!

As we start the new term, we would love to hear from you if:
  • You're interested in conducting a song in our summer concert
  • You play an instrument (especially piano, but we are very keen to hear from all instrumentalists) and can help out by playing in the Sing! band
  • You would like to help out in rehearsals by teaching a part

If this sounds like you, please add your details to this spreadsheet.

(If you've volunteered in the past for part teaching, your name should already be on there – no problem if you've changed your mind, please just strike-through your name as per the instructions in the spreadsheet.)

Unfortunately we can't guarantee to be able to offer opportunities to everyone who volunteers on this occasion, but we will do our best! At this point, there is no firm commitment – so if there's a good chance you'd be interested, please do sign up.
That's all for now – we can't wait to see you on Thursday for some more singing adventures together!
Love, the Sing! team.


[Sing! Rehearsals] Sing! Music suggestions for next term

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Apologies to the keen beans who already tried to access the document – I believe it's now been amended so anyone with the link can open and edit it! 😊

On Thu, 26 Dec 2024, 17:17 Sing Community Choir, <singcommunitychoir@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sing! members,
A huge thank you and congratulations to you all again for a fantastic Christmas concert! While you are hopefully enjoying the winter break, we are busy planning for the next term, which will begin on Thursday 9th January. We look forward to seeing you then!
We would love to invite you to suggest a song which you think we should consider for our next concert in summer 2025. If you have an idea to share, please fill in this spreadsheet by Tuesday 31st December at the latest.

Here are a few pointers on how you can best help us out:
  • We know you'll have lots of great ideas – but please submit only one suggestion per person (so be selective!) to avoid us being overwhelmed with too many ideas.
  • It's really helpful if you can do as much of your own research as possible. If you can find a suitable arrangement, somewhere to buy it, and a video or recording of the arrangement being sung, this makes the music team's job much easier. Equally, if you have written your own arrangement that's great!
  • This is a summer concert so summery suggestions are particularly welcome, and don't feel you have to limit yourself to SATB arrangements – we do often do split arrangements for TB / SA so these will also be considered.
Looking forward to another fabulous year of music-making together 🙂
Love,
The Sing! Music Team