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 9th January 2025. The dates for the rest of the term period are:
January - 23rd and 30th
February - 6th, 13th and 27th
March 6th - 13th,20th and 27th
April - 3rd
COME ALONG, SING, AND GO HOME ELATED AND REFRESHED – IT IS GREAT FUN AND AN ENJOYABLE SOCIAL EVENT
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.
In October the Choir said good bye to one of it’s number, John, a longstanding member and Great Waltham resident when it was asked to perform three items at his funeral at the Village Church; One of these, ‘Can You Feel the Love’ they sang together with members of the Chelmsford Male Voice Choir
The Choir had a busy lead up to Christmas when some or all members took part in several festive events. On 24th November the choir was at the Village Hall where it performed during the Christmas Pudding Making event and on Friday 6th December the choir sang carols at the Village School’s Christmas fete.
Saturday 7th December saw the choir singing four songs as part of the Community Network’s Christmas Tree Festival concert in Great Waltham Church. On Thursday 12th December members of the choir sang carols around the village in the rain (maybe you heard them), but were inside the following Wednesday when 16 choristers sang carols in the bar at the Green Man in Howe Street, the final performance of the year.
Singing at the 7th Dec 2024 Essex Police Band Concert: