Wassailing in Stratford upon Avon

Outside the RSC in Stratford upon Avon

Carol Singing at LAYCA

Christmas Concert 2017

Come and Join us at the Bridge, 234 Stratford Road, Shirley, B90 3AG

(adjacent to Shirley Park and behind Kent’s Hairdressers)
concert begins at 7:00 pm on Saturday 2^nd December

free entry

light refreshments served

retiring collection for the charity “Building for Hope”

Three Choirs’ Concert

Come and invite your friends to this feast of Choral Music. Three choirs for the price of one! Our share of the proceeds will go to St Basils which prevents youth homelessness by providing support and accommodation. More details on  http://www.stbasils.org.uk/ We will be singing:

Let Me Ride
Bless The Lord With Me
Soon and Very Soon
Rainyday Getaway
This Little Light of Mine
Deep Down in My Soul
Amazing Grace 
Goin’ Home

New Music Director Appointed

Delighted to announce that Katie Roe has accepted our invitation to be our new Music Director. We will get her profile on this site as soon as we can.

Brilliant Summer Concert

Another terrific Annual Concert where we said farewell to our Director Chis Holley. We raised £552.40 for This Way Up, which works in Solihull secondary schools among young people who are coping with loss in their lives eg bereavement or family breakdown.

Singing our first item

Our accompanist George Ireland, who also serenaded us with ‘Au Clair De La Lune’ and Beethoven’s Pathétique. Thank you so much George

Chris joking with the audience. Some of us laughed!

Cheryl Hawkins, Director of This Way Up, sharing some of the fantastic work, this charity does in Solihull Secondary schools.

Will Tuckwell our virtuoso guitarist playing one of his two jazz pieces, including ‘A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square’. Great stuff!

 

Chris Holley receiving a standing ovation from the choir – richly deserved. Chris will shortly be moving to Cardiff, Shirley’s loss is certainly Cardiff’s gain.

The This Way Up information table with Director Cheryl Hawkins and Trustee John Bradley. Cheryl writes: “It was a great event with lots of community spirit and I’m very pleased to let you know that a total of £552.40 was put into our collecting bucket! This certainly exceeded my expectations. Please pass on my appreciation to the choir members for a very enjoyable and successful evening for This Way Up.”

 

 

Goin’ Home Arrangement

If you want to hear the arrangement of Goin’ Home, click on this link: Goin’ Home Link

4th March 2017 at Shirley Methodist Church

We held a mini concert as part of an open day at Shirley Methodist Church. We sang five songs which seemed to go down very well.

Full Choir

Chris and Will Rehearsing

Carols at the LAYCA

entertaining the Layca regulars after their Christmas meal

the soprano section

the whole group with Wendy conducting

Wendy conducting the audience

the bass and soprano sections

the alto and bass sections

Christmas Events

Back on the road again! Performing carols (mostly) at St James School Christmas Fayre.

More events to come:

1. Christmas Tea at Layca Community Centre on Saturday 10 December at 3:30 pm;
2. Christingle Service at St James Church on Wednesday 14 December at 5:30 pm;
3. and we will also be entertaining the residents of Longmore Nursing Home a few days before.
   Come and see us if you can!