We are now working on the new parts of the repertoire for 2010. Verity, having been home to the busom of her family for Christmas, has got us singing about bras and lallies (you had to be there...) but it's all sounding very lovely. The snow over Christmas gave us a few challenges, especially rehearsing for our gig at the Grove (very lovely décor, all Narnia themed as shown in the photo above, and terrific staff, and altogether very jolly aside from the SAS journey getting there, suffering for our art…).
We have got some more new members so they are joining in with the madness at Kings Langley school, singing about fish and chips while our tummies rumble (hard to sing on a full stomach) and chewing toffees (enough to give you indigestion) and singing combinations of notes our holiday-befuddled heads are stretching to reach. But it all seems to come out in the end and each new song is like a surprise package as Verity reveals the layers. The snow has made travel in Kings Langley, a village on a sloping site, a bit of a challenge and as this is being written new snow is falling. Will there be a rehearsal next week? Who knows? Watch this space, readers, for the next thrilling instalment... ... (back to home)
Kings Langley Community Choir joined the festivities at the Kings Langley Lights festival along with Kings Langley School Band, The Kings Langley Bell Ringers and Kings Langley Services Club Choir to help kick off the Lights On Evening - all great fun as always. This was our first time at the Festival and we were well received by the huge crowds who turned out to make the evening go really well - here's to next year!
The BBC invited KLCC (and 3 other choirs!) to Sing Hallelujah Chorus - so we did . .
Here's the recording of the evening . .
. . before anyone asks: this track is restricted in use - the BBC had us sign a release note to that effect so please don't ask for copies as none shall be forthcoming...! :-)
After a couple of appearances at King's Langley school itself, we have branched out to Music on the Moor (that was so exciting, a proper festival venue on a lovely day and an enormous crowd, amongst some very prestigious local performers), our own concert at the Clarendon Muse (alias Watford School of Music at its new venue in front of Watford Boy's Grammar) which was a bit more knee knocking as it was just us, folks, on that night. And our last outing was at the Berkhamsted Collegiate School with the very polished Knights of Harmony and the ladies Amersham Acappella, who really made us up our game. we like to think we added our own little bit of sparkle to the evening.
Photo of the handing over of the cheque for £2,700 raised on October 10 for the Songs for Life Concert for The Hospice of St Francis - picture shows from right to left: Fiona Lines, Pippa Brush, Dick May, Sue Meehan
Songs for Life Concert for The Hospice of St Francis
Kings Langley Community Choir were invited to perform alongside the vastly experienced (and incredibly talented!) Knights of Harmony and UK Bronze Medallists Amersham A Cappella - the feedback has been extremely encouraging, and we hear the event might have raised as much as £2500 which makes it even more enjoyable to have been involved!
Finally - KLCC in late summer last year had a short concert at the Watford Boys Grammar - in their amazing new auditorium - about 150 people turned up and the feedback was excellent (many braved truly awful traffic conditions to be there following the huge crash on Water Lane just 40 minutes before we were due to start.
