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November 2013: World Premier at the Library!

Chris taught everyone in the library a song too! 

Click here to listen to the songs performed last Saturday. There are four MP3s, one for each song.

Fly away home slipped out of sync, but I don't think anyone noticed!!

Just to say what amazing work it was to learn FOUR songs in only an hour
and a quarter, AND have time for a tea break and run through. Eat your
heart out Gareth Malone! All the singers seemed to enjoy themselves and looked like a solid group that had been together forever, no visible nerves. Well done everyone!

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October 2013: Listen To Us Sing!!

Each month several new singers join in at SingWiv, and this time many newbies came via Wivenhoe's Woolly Thoughts group - thanks Janie for spreading the word! Luckily they were far from woolly singers and with just over twenty of us all together we once again made some lovely sounds with Chris's guidance.

Click here to download or just listen to three of these, a Welsh lullaby 'Hui Hui', a Cuban party song, 'Adios Mama' and a great gospel number, 'Where Shall I Be?'

November's session is on the 9th, and for anyone who wants to, we'll be singing a few of the songs we've learned that day, over the road at the library for the final 15 minutes of the session!

Chris is back!

Chris Rowbury is back in October after a great session with guest teacher Clive Barker last month, thanks Clive!

All are welcome - we learn new songs each time so there's no need to have been before.
So, turn up on the 5th just before 2pm at the Scout Hall (behind the council office, High St) and you're pretty much guaranteed a fantastic afternoon :)

June 2013 Tunes & Summer Break

Hi there

Here are my recordings from the workshop in Wivenhoe last Saturday
afternoon.

I had forgotten to tell you that some of the songs are HARD, especially
with a relatively small group!

So fantastically well done!! The songs are a little shaky in places, but
considering we learnt four songs in less than three hours, that's only
to be expected.

Here is the link to the songs I recorded:

https://www.box.com/s/847uug5ueo9z1u5my9b5

There are three MP3 files, one for each song (I didn't record Tonight I
belong to you).

I've added lyrics and song information as a comment to each song.

Click on each song to play it. Hover over each title to see the option
to download. You can also download the entire folder (i.e. all five
songs) at once by clicking on Download at the top.

Ignore any "Sign up for Box and get 5GB free" pop-ups by just clicking
the cross in the top right corner.

You can also leave comments on each song if you feel inclined! It would
be nice to hear what you think.

I promised a link to some real Corsicans singing. Here is the group A
filetta (http://www.afiletta.com/):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU-wBJ4r3f0

Exquisite!!

And now for something completely different, Patience and Prudence
singing Tonight you belong to me (written in 1926):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOjVjc5vJ6I

and here is Steve Martin singing it in the movie The Jerk where I first
heard it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqtmXnQZ6Qk

Enjoy!

Hope to see you in October, but don't forget Clive's session in September.

Chris

Come & Sing!