“Through all kinds of weather, what if the sky should fall?
As long as we’re together it just doesn’t matter at all
…we’ll be the same as we started.
Just travelling along, singing a song,
Side by Side.”
Harry M Woods (November 1896 – 1970)
The copy for our page in June’s edition, didn’t make the final cut, spooked by an annoying little gremlin. Did anyone notice, I wonder? So this month I’ll be covering events in May, June and forward to July.
We’ve had an awful lot of weather this year and we’ll be travelling near and far over the next few months in pursuit of the happiness that singing together brings us and, we hope, our audiences.
In early May, we took part in a concert with the Lumina Choir at the old Steiner School in Kings Langley. The event was part of the celebrations for the Mayor’s Musical Jamboree. We started in rain and finished in sunshine.
A week later we staged our annual Spring Concert in Hemel’s Methodist church. Titled ‘Music on the Waters’, the concert featured variations on a watery theme. We ended the performance with ‘Next Time’, a cacophonous piece by a local Hertfordshire composer, based on the Flood. Learning it had been a challenge for the choir, but we got there in the end, to be greeted with loud and enthusiastic applause. We were exhausted and exhilarated in equal measure!
Today, 18th June, we sang 21 songs in rehearsal, in preparation for next Sunday when we’ll be singing for the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Enthusiasts Rally at Burghley House, about 90 minutes each way. We’re travelling by charabanc and we’ll be performing in the beer tent – a bit of liquid refreshment always helps the voice! I hope to have some appropriate pics for next month’s mag.
The Rally is the largest gathering of Rolls and Bentley cars in the world. It is expected that there will be more than 500 cars on the field, some over 100 years old.
Next on the agenda, on July 16th, is a regular feature of our programme when we invite people to enjoy an informal free concert at the end of a rehearsal. If you’re looking for a musical interlude on a Tuesday morning do come along. You’ll find us in the Church of the Resurrection in Henry Wells Square from 11am. There’s a cafe in the community centre attached, where you can get a cup of coffee and a piece of cake after the show. We look forward to meeting you then.
For further information see, www.dacorumcommunitychoir.org and our Facebook page, Dacorum Community Choir, or ring 07402 181182 if you’d like more details.
