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!

May 2013: May the fourth was with us phew...

Whilst others were lying around in the sunshine last Saturday, 10 eager singers gathered in the Scout Hall in Wivenhoe and had an amazing singing session!

We managed to learn FIVE songs in an afternoon and fit in some detailed small group harmony singing practice. Which I think is pretty wonderful. I think we make a damn good sound for such a small group. One of the songs (Kada Kidi) had SIX separate parts AND actions.

So well done all. Here is a link to the recordings:

https://www.box.com/s/sduovya5sjnozrtutlv2

There is one MP3 file for each song. You can listen to them online, download them individually to your PC or download the entire folder.

Some of them are a little shaky at the start (not bad considering how quickly we learnt them!), but they all settle down well.

Many thanks again for being the guinea pigs for my April songwriting challenge "Alleluya".

I taught Kada Kidi with actions to almost 200 singers on London's Southbank yesterday. The bobbing up and down and hands up actions were a joy to behold!

I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday 8th June.

Chris

April 2013 Recordings

Here are the recordings I made last Saturday:

https://www.box.com/s/f75l5asxy44oll14hdca

There is one MP3 for each of the songs we sang, plus I've put real live Georgians singing Gazapkhuli for your delight. I thought we did a pretty good job of it ourselves actually!

And thanks for bearing with my Spring song. I thought we just about got it towards the end!

I hope you enjoyed it and see you on May 4th. Spread the word!

Chris

'Singing-in the Spring'?

Well, it was milder and slightly Spring like when we started singing at this month's workshop... and chilly and raining as we left.

But we sang our hearts out, as ever.

Here are the words to a beautiful song from Georgia. This month's recordings to follow soon.


If you are reading this for the first time and want to join in, please come along to the next workshop on 4th May 2013. See Workshop Dates page for more info. 

If you are interested in joining one of Chris's other workshops, Singing Safaris or other events, have a look at his website here.