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Do you hear what I hear?
“Do You Hear What I Hear?” is the question people were asking at St Margaret’s Church Christmas Tree Festival on Friday evening as they “mingled” over eats and treats whilst we “jingled” in the background.
If “Somewhere In My Memory” brought back memories of Christmas past, “Star Carol” kindled thoughts of Christmas future and “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree” of Christmas present(s). All provided a taster of the Festive Fiesta of Song we will be offering at our concert at St Mary’s Church in Putney at 7.30 pm on Saturday 14th December.
Should anyone have missed the opportunity to purchase a tree, all of which have been blessed in a special Advent Service, please do get in touch with Helen at office@stmargaretsputney.org – proceeds go to the garden redevelopment of the church and Regenerate-RISE.
Some enchanted evening
Singing through golden oldies like On the Street Where You Live, Getting to Know You and Cheek to Cheek, one elderly couple were moved to hold hands as they sang their way through Love Me Tender.
For anyone who wants to be part of magical moments like these, we’re gearing up for our festive season with Sing ‘n’ Slurps, Carol Singing, a Christmas Tree Festival and a concert all in the pipeline.
Dates and details of all these activities, together with our rehearsal times can be found here.
Rehearsals start again Wednesday 4th September at 8pm
We hope you’ve had a lovely summer break.
We’ll be back on Wednesday for a new term and a new repertoire, be sure to join us from 8pm – new members are always welcome!
What the world needs now…
Summer concert – Saturday 20th July, 7pm
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Thanks for joining us at the Dover House centenary
On Saturday we joined in the centenary celebration of the creation of the Dover House Estate and performed a selection of songs from our repertoire in St Margaret’s Church on Putney Park Lane.
Our theme was Summer of ’69 which perfectly reflected the glorious sunny weather on the day, and the medley of Beach Boys songs brought back memories for some of a momentous year which included the moon landing, Woodstock and the Stonewall riots.
To reflect the theme of the centenary event, we invited the audience to join us for a selection of songs from different decades of the past 100 years which they did with great gusto.
Afterwards many of us stayed on to enjoy the rest of a very enjoyable event – and a few glasses of wine and Pimms!
In full bloom
There was not a raindrop on any rose to be seen when we got together with The Sunflower Café, set up so people with dementia and their companions can come together for support and fun experiences, this weekend on a sweltering Saturday afternoon.
After several years of singing together we all considered ourselves part of the furniture and settled into a summery afternoon’s crooning of old and new favourites in and amongst swapping bits of movie trivia. Who knew The Artful Dodger had once been played by Phil Collins?!
Going places…
Concert – Saturday 18th May, 4pm
Join us at St Mary’s Church, Putney for our next concert.
It’s part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe Festival and absolutely free.