Street Choirs Festival 2014 Hebden Bridge
What a wonderful time we had at the Street Choirs Festival! About 40 Secret Singers took part (I am not sure of the exact number because it was like counting a box of frogs!!) and we made a very good showing. All the groups, Read, Nelson, Todmorden and Marple were represented and came together to sing as one choir. We had a great rehearsal for the Mass Sing on Saturday morning and filled the Hope Baptist church with soaring song. We were lead by Carol Donaldson, who leads our own Marple …
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The Big Summer Sing
This coming Saturday 19th July we are holding our Big Summer Sing as our end of term bash before our summer break. It will be held at Burwain Sailing Club Reedymoor Lane, Foulridge, Colne, Lancs BB8 7LJ and start at 7.30pm All Secret Singers and their guests are welcome. Admission is just £5, there is a bar and everyone is asked to bring some food to share (you don’t have to feed everybody!) We will have a drink, some food, plenty of chat and then sing all the things we can …
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The Longest Choir report
We now have some pictures kindly sent in By Janet Hill of the Marple group, which were taken by her husband.Here we are gathering in the park. This is the Olwyn briefing the singing stewards. Some people are clearly not focusing on the conductor!!Getting everyone crossed safely over the road and into position needed a person with great personal authority This is what a long choir looks like Some of the Marple Secret Singers giving it their all!And then a visit from the longest bike. It was a great …
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The Longest Choir Event
Almost 50 Secret Singers are signed up to be part of the Longest Choir in the World record attempt which will take place on the Longest Day of the year, 21st June, on the longest continuous hill in England, Cragg Vale nr Hebden Bridge Yorkshire, whilst the Longest Bunting in the world is being measured and the local cycle club are doing the longest cycle ride on the longest day. It is going to be fun and a bit mad and there os room for loads more singers! Two open …
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The Longest Choir Event
Almost 50 Secret Singers are signed up to be part of the Longest Choir in the World record attempt which will take place on the Longest Day of the year, 21st June, on the longest continuous hill in England, Cragg Vale nr Hebden Bridge Yorkshire, whilst the Longest Bunting in the world is being measured and the local cycle club are doing the longest cycle ride on the longest day. It is going to be fun and a bit mad and there os room for loads more singers! Two open …
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Street Choirs Festival 2014
Well! We now have 41 Secret Singers going to the Street Choirs Festival in Hebden Bridge in July, 11th-13th- I am sure it’s going to be a great weekend. Today I have been uploading into the members area of our website the recordings of the parts for the songs we will be doing. The password has been changed and will be available in class. We will be learning these songs for the rest of this term and will do our own massed sing of them at our Big Sing on 19th …
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Big Spring Sing Thing!
On Friday 28th March 2014 at 1- 3pm I am leading a FREE workshop in Burnley’s Open Market. It is open to anybody and everybody and is a chance to learn a few songs and have a good sing. I was asked to do this by Radio Lancashire and they will be there to broadcast our efforts live during the afternoon show. Towards the end of the workshop- WHICH IS FREE- we will move out into Charter Walk square itself and sing to the passing shoppers (I mean the transfixed …
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International Womens' Day Event , Todmorden
Today (22/214) The Todmorden group of Secret Singers, aided and abetted by a number of women from the Nelson and Read groups performed at Todmorden Town Hall where there was an International Womens’ Day Event. The whole thing went done extremely well and was enthusiastically received by the assembly. So much so that we were asked to perform a reprise in the upstairs room for the stall holders there who could not leave their stall and did not want to miss out. I was so proud of the women who …
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International Womens’ Day Event , Todmorden
Today (22/214) The Todmorden group of Secret Singers, aided and abetted by a number of women from the Nelson and Read groups performed at Todmorden Town Hall where there was an International Womens’ Day Event. The whole thing went done extremely well and was enthusiastically received by the assembly. So much so that we were asked to perform a reprise in the upstairs room for the stall holders there who could not leave their stall and did not want to miss out. I was so proud of the women who …
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