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Welcome to Friends of Sing!

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Dear friends
We're tidying up our Sing! mailing lists to ensure that everyone gets the right amount of information at the start of the new term. 
Our records show that this email address did not register for the Spring/Summer 26 term with Sing!, so you have been moved to the Friends of Sing! mailing list. 
If this is in error, please fill in this form ASAP:
https://forms.gle/BCW3ARxkHwhDwcHX7
If you registered with a different email address to the one that is receiving this message, no action is needed.
Otherwise, you'll receive occasional updates on Sing! concerts and events, but will no longer get spammed with the day-to-day information about rehearsals.
Much Sing! love to you all,
The Sing! Team x

[Sing! Rehearsals] Poll for Sing! teaching & conducting workshop this spring!

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Hey Singers,
We're planning to put on a teaching & conducting workshop in the spring, for anyone in the choir who's interested in or already doing these things to come and learn / hone your skills! This will be FREE to everyone in the choir and a fabulous opportunity to learn from our most experienced teachers and conductors!
If you're a current part-teacher / conductor and haven't been to one of these workshops before (or even if you have!), we'd strongly encourage you to come along. If you think you might be interested in getting involved in future (with no obligation to do so!), please do also come along! 
If you're interested in attending the workshop, *please fill in this poll to let us know your availability* and help us select the best date. 
Any questions, do ask 🎶
Sing! music team xx

[Sing! Rehearsals] Sing! This Week :)

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Dear Sing!ers, 

Apologies for a long email this week, but please do read it all, as it contains lots of really important information 🙂

This week:
We will be in the Recital Room at Hills Road at 7.30 pm this Thursday. This week we will be recapping Joy, starting a new song, Shotgun and learning some more of Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat. We have plenty of snacks, so no need to bring anything this week thank you. Please can you make an extra effort to spend some time learning Joy, as we won't have time to go through all of it this week. (See note about part tracks below.)

Time to pay subs:
Well done for registering for this term. It's now time to pay your subs please. Please pay by Saturday 4 April. It's £52.50 right through until the end of the summer term or £26.25 for concessions (self declared, for whatever reason with no questions asked). Prompt payment to help with planning would be greatly appreciated. Any issues please catch Claire (Treasurer) or a member of the committee at rehearsal. Usual bank details are below and please remember to add your name as a reference! Thank you!!

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


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. You can find the link to the part tracks at this link: https://singcommunitychoir.co.uk/keep-singing-sum-26/ which was shared with you when you signed up, so do save it.

From next week, this link will be 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 🙂


Do follow the link above for information on term dates, subs, how to join the socials mailing list and more.


WhatsApp Groups:

You may like to join our Whatsapp community to stay in touch with what's happening in choir. You could join a part group, for news and socials related to your part, the Sing! Current Members chat for news and last minute updates, the 'warm ups' groups, or a number of other social groups.

  • Read these guidelines and decide whether you would like to join or not
  • (NB please read the guidance about making your name visible)
  • If you would like to join, click this link (from your phone), which should take you to Whatsapp and sign you up

Weekend Away – 15 – 17 May:
You should have received the email last week about this. Let me know if you didn't get it and I'll resend it to you. Don't forget to sign up!  


Looking forward to seeing you again on Thursday 🙂

[Sing! Rehearsals] Sing! Weekend Away 15 – 17 May!

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Exciting Weekend Away Information from your Weekend Away Team!

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, 15-17th May.

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/singweekend2026

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 us 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 Shona know or add to the Activity Offers tab

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>

Love,

Jon, Marjolein, Shona & Lydia

Weekend Away Team

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[Sing! Rehearsals] Sing! This Week

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The Sing! team

Dear Sing!

This week:
We will be in the Recital Room at Hills Road at 7,.30 pm this Thursday for the third of our three taster sessions. This week we will be continuing to learn Joy and From Now On. It's the Altos' turn to bring snacks please. 

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/9nvwcjoixebSRLRk7 by the end of Friday 15 March. No need to pay subs yet, but we will be asking for subs after the taster sessions have finished. 

If you do not complete this registration form, you will be removed from this mailing list and instead be added to our “Friends of Sing! list” to keep you updated about upcoming public events. You will also lose access to the part-teaching tracks and other learning resources. Do ask if you have any questions or need any assistance with this. 


Weekend Away – 15 – 17 May:
Put the date in your diary and look out for the email coming about it shortly. 


Looking forward to seeing you again on Thursday 🙂

The Sing! Team

Follow Sing! on Social Media

     

Web Links

https://singcommunitychoir.co.uk/member-info-santa Term info
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LNFRy5kk3LndCdZabdb2mpJLdRy-ZQRh?usp=sharing Music, part tracks and lyrics
 Join our private Facebook group

Emails

🙋 Sign up to the socials mailing list
💃🕺 Organise a social
🏃💨 Unsubscribe from this list

[Sing! Rehearsals] Sing! this week

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Dear Sing!

This week:
We will be back in the Recital Room at Hills Road this Thursday for the second of our two taster sessions. This week we will definitely be starting to learn From Now On and learning a bit more of Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat. It's the Tenors' and Basses' turn to bring snacks please. 

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/9nvwcjoixebSRLRk7 by the end of Friday 15th March. No need to pay subs yet, but we will be asking for subs after the taster sessions have finished. 

If you do not complete this registration form, you will be removed from this mailing list and instead be added to our “Friends of Sing! list” to keep you updated about upcoming public events. You will also lose access to the part teaching tracks and other learning resources. Do ask if you have any questions or need any assistance with this. 

Looking forward to seeing you again on Thursday 🙂

[Sing! Rehearsals] New term starts on Thursday :)

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Dear Sing!

This week:
We hope you are excited about starting our new 'term' this Thursday 26 February at Hills Road. This week we will be in the Hall. We will be starting to learn From Now On and Joy. It's the Sopranos' turn to bring snacks please. The first three sessions of term are tasters and we have invited everyone on our waiting list to join us and give us a try. I'm sure you will make them welcome. 

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/9nvwcjoixebSRLRk7 by the end of Friday 15th March. 

If you do not complete this registration form, you will be removed from this mailing list and instead be added to our “Friends of Sing! list” to keep you updated about upcoming public events. You will also lose access to the part teaching tracks and other learning resources.

Do ask if you have any questions or need any assistance with this.


Equipment Rota:
If you drive to choir and are able to take the equipment home occasionally, it would be really helpful if you could sign up to the Equipment Rota please. Do make sure you are able to bring it back the following week. Thank you so much. 

Looking forward to seeing you again on Thursday 🙂

[Sing! Rehearsals] No Rehearsal, Fundraising Total and Youtube Videos!

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Dear all, 

No rehearsal this week, but two exciting bits of news for you ……

Fundraising Total:
We are really pleased to let you know that after costs, we have raised an incredible £775 from ticket sales to pass on to Cambridgeshire Community Down's Syndrome Network! This is in addition to the approximately £1,000 they raised from donations on the night. Well done everyone on a fantastic effort! 

Youtube videos:
Huge thanks and well done to Will Hay, who has put together the videos from the concert in record time and uploaded them to Youtube. You can enjoy watching them here. 

See you again on 26 Feb 🙂

[Sing! Rehearsals] Well done on great concert and Karaoke this week.

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Dear everyone, 

Well done on a fantastic concert on Saturday. We've had lots of lovely feedback from audience members who said how much they enjoyed it. We really hope you enjoyed it too, especially those who were singing in their first Sing! concert. Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way, it really was a team effort, particularly the number of people who helped clear up, meaning everyone could get to the pub earlier! 

Song Suggestions:
Don't forget to make your song suggestions by Saturday, by putting your ideas here. Do read last Thursday's email about this. 

Upcoming dates:
Thursday 12 February – 7 pm – 11 pm Karaoke at the Alexandra Arms
🎤 Karaoke 8 pm to 10 pm
🍔  Recommend arriving before the karaoke starts if you want to order food. Kitchen closes at 9 pm
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uxg4NLACVRQRWMDe9

Thursday 19 February – half-term, no rehearsal
Thursday 26 February – we'll be meeting again in the Hall at Hills Road and welcoming new members from our waiting list to join us for three taster sessions
15 to 17 May – Sing! Weekend Away – details to follow
Saturday 11 July – Summer Concert at Netherhall School

The Sing! team

[Sing! Rehearsals] Sing! Song Suggestions for Summer!

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Dear Sing!ers,


We're looking forward to the concert tomorrow but the Summer term is fast approaching and we need to decide what we're going to sing! Do you have a brilliant idea for a song we should include in the programme? Would you like to have a go at teaching a part, playing an instrument or conducting a song? We'd love to hear from you!

Please click the link below and use the first tab to suggest a song. Then add your name to the second tab if you would like to try teaching a part, conducting a song or playing an instrument for a song.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/161Yga7ntybmyISq4eV_MCnLct0ACWieNzM4L8KBjGaU/edit?usp=sharing

Here are a few pointers regarding song suggestions:

  • Please only make 1 suggestion each

  • It's really helpful if you can do as much of your own research as possible. If you can find a suitable arrangement, provide the link to where we could buy it, and find a video or recording of the arrangement being sung, this makes the music team's job so much easier and increases the chance of your suggestion being selected. Try googling 'song_name artist_name sheet music SATB' or use sites like Musescore or Sheet Music Direct to find arrangements for choirs. It's alright if you can't read music as they often have a play preview function inbuilt. We'll also be doing 2 split songs, so 2 part arrangements labelled TB or SA are also welcome.

  • If you've written or plan to write your own arrangement that's great please mention that in the spreadsheet!

  • We promise to consider all song suggestions, but picking the programme involves weighing up a lot of different factors, so please don't be disappointed if your suggestion doesn't get picked. If you’ve suggested something before that didn’t get picked and you still think it would be great, feel free to suggest it again.

  • They’ll all be for our summer concert so songs in keeping with that theme are especially welcome

The deadline for suggestions is Saturday 14th February. Then the music team will meet to work out our repertoire for next term. 

Keep singing!

Will and the Sing! Music Team