Recent Activities

Wreath-making for Christmas

Lovely to see the results of making Christmas wreaths with natural materials.  It looks like a lot of fun was had in the process, too.

 

 

Seaton Delaval Hall 19th July

Singing in the stables

Summer weather abandoned us for this one.  Luckily, we could fit into the stables and make a good sound for our audience.

Village Court 12th July

Singing and cream teas

The Clocktower garden was decked out beautifully for the cream teas and the weather was perfect.

 The audience was ready and we had plenty of singers in the choir.

 

After singing, the cream teas were much in demand. 

 

 In the evening, there was singing from Innocent Bystanders and saxophone/clarinet music from Wayward Wind for all those who had bought tickets for our 'Pimms for Parkinsons' event.

 

Parkinson's sing-along (2)

We were happy to see more people coming along and singing, this time.  There were still plenty of cakes!

 

Whitley Bay Carnival

Despite a cloudy start, we turned up at the sea front in good numbers.  The weather stayed dry, but the wind was so strong that Gilly needed pegs to hold her music.

The carnival parade was colourful as usual and still making its way down Marine Avenue after we finished singing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential weekend in Harrogate

This was a weekend full of singing and laughter, in a large hotel very near to the centre of Harrogate.

On Saturday evening, there were many Miss Marples about, plus a few Poirots, a rather suspicious-looking maid and various other women in their finery. This was fortunate, as it transpired that murder had occurred! 

 

 All the suspects looked distinctly shifty, but the sergeant kept them (and us) strictly in order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On Sunday, there was time to relax in the sunshine in between singing sessions.

Spring sharing - informal concert for families and friends

This featured a mixture of the songs we have been learning this term, along with some readings and more songs from Innocent Bystanders, all on the theme of  'Home'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parkinson's sing-along session

Foxhunter's Sports Pavilion provided a spacious and airy venue for this activity.  Some people from our local Parkinson's group came along, though they were outnumbered by Whitley Women.  The session started with tea and cake - thanks to several choir members who must have been busy baking.  The songs were mostly familiar to everyone and great fun to sing.  Gilly even got us doing the actions to 'YMCA'!

Newcastle Cathedral

 We were one of a number of 'pop-up choirs' who sang in Newcastle on 22nd March.  As you can see, there was a good turn-out and the singing worked pretty well (even though we don't have things like backing tracks, as some of the other choirs did). Our main challenge for improvement is not to look so worried!