We were thrilled to put on our annual Christmas concert in front of a full house at St Mary’s Church in Putney on Saturday evening.

Well-known yuletide favourites like Walking in the Air and Do You Hear What I Hear filled the air, as well as hidden seasonal gems like Eric Whittacre’s The Seal Lullaby and Home Alone’s Somewhere in my Memory.

Interspersed among numbers sung by the entire choir were beautifully intimate performances of Little Donkey, White Christmas and Winter Wonderland by smaller groups of 3 and 4 singers.

And, as has become tradition, the audience took to their feet and joined in with rousing renditions of a few much loved-carols.

Thanks to everyone that came along to watch and support us, including the Mayor of Wandsworth, councillor Jane Cooper and our very special guests from Regenerate Rise – our chosen charity who do such wonderful work supporting the isolated elderly in Putney and Roehampton. Click here to find out more about them.

We’ll be back for a new term on Wednesday 8th January – everyone’s welcome and you can find out more about joining us here.

“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.

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!

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!

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?!