The choir first met in the Spring of 2015 with 13 members. It has grown rapidly and now has over 30 participants. However, new members are always welcome.
If you enjoy singing then you fulfil the qualification for joining the choir - no audition, no requirement to read music, no solos.
We meet during school term times on a Thursday evening in the Primary School Hall between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm (coffee/biscuit break from 8.00 pm to 8.15 pm). The charge is £7 per session; the initial session is free. Come along and enjoy the singing and company of other members.
We usually perform during the Village Christmas Tree Festival and sometime in the Spring/Summer term, but members are not required to take part.
Sessions restart on Thursday 5th September. The dates for the rest of the half term period are:
September - 12th, 19th and 26th
October - 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th.
COME ALONG, SING, AND GO HOME ELATED AND REFRESHED – IT IS GREAT FUN AND AN ENJOYABLE SOCIAL EVENT
The Choir had a busy lead up to Christmas when some or all members took part in festive events at several local places.
On 25th November the choir was at the Village Hall where it performed during the Christmas Pudding Making event and on Wednesday 6th December songs and readings were performed at the Ford End Gardening Club Christmas gathering when everyone present sang carols together. Saturday 9th December saw the choir singing six songs as part of the Essex Police Band’s concert in the Church, while the following Wednesday it was around the village, singing carols at several locations: perhaps you heard them
The Choir again decorated a tree for the Village’s Christmas Tree Festival. On this occasion those attending the Christmas Fayre voted it as the best tree
In June 2024 the Choir held a Festival of Choirs. Six choirs including one from the Village School took part in a hugely successful evening which finished with all six choirs singing a pre-learnt number together.
The annual summer soiree and BBQ was held on 11th July 2024 at Great Waltham School. The choir went through ten of the songs it had been working on through the previous year, some known to the audience, some not. The school hall was full with 50 in the audience all of whom enjoyed the singing and actions to the final, additional item, a sea shanty with the pulling or ropes and climbing of masts. Many ended up climbing when they should have been pulling and pulling when they should have been climbing but everyone had a great time.
July 2023 Evening Soiree
The Village Choir Tree was voted the best at the 2023 Christmas Tree Festival:
Singing at the 9th Dec 2023 Essex Police Band Concert:
Pictures from the Choir Festival, June 2024 (pictures approved with the permission of Great Waltham Primary school):