27 April 2017 .... cold

Back after the Easter holidays, those of us who are early birds found the hall locked and the caretaker running for the key.... 

Ed reminded us of our exciting concert tomorrow, at All Saints Church, and gave some feedback about the Wool job, which went down very well. 

Then we started to work through our running order but I was also texting two of the sweetest 11 year olds, but they do like being sent sound bites of our practice, and always clap and cheer. I thought you would like to know that ...

We looked at the middle eight of the Adele song, because that needs to be very percussive and bouncy, and of course closely followed by a nice BIG high note. We then sang it loads more better. 

Please make sure that Annie's Song is sung with gusto, and not from a Volvo parked in a layby. Honestly. You have to be here, really. Only carol bravely sang the solo so we went through it again. 

Then the running order changed a bit, bumping Do You Hear The People Sing and making Wings the next song ...oh the fun we had, before moving on to Uptown Girl, with a new machine-gun intro. 

And this is the new possition for It's Getting Better and on it goes ... it ended on a good note, but Ed forgot to press his magic button twice. 

Let It Be Me rolled off our tongues like Manuka Honey and Ed saw that it was good, before digging out another kind of Wings with Paul MacCartney, My Love. We tried along with YouTube then lucky us, we had time for a random-one, selected carefully from great songs shouted out by DFS members. Daydream Believer!

Well done choir and Ed, and Jenny on the door tonight, and Jack-in-the-corner. Have fun in Portland tomorrow, and keep singing!  Love the Cat xxx 

Dorset For Singing Have a Huge Heart!

On the 29 March 2017 DFS Weymouth and DFS Dorchester joined forces at URC Dorchester and looked like this, Thanks to Carol and Phil - a wonderful pic of us all ...

But of course we sounded much better, and although or audience was moderate in number, Ed reported on Facebook the next day, "So proud of Dorset for Singing, great concert last night raising a grand total of £299.85 for Diverse Abilities."

Many biscuits were gobbled and some fabulous solo/duet/and trio acts performed too, in the name of love, and community. We heard about what Diverse Abilities do, and you can find out more just clicking that link. Some people stopped me to ask what was happening with My Reckless Love, but dont worry. Its the first song on our new album ....

Then of course the Easter holidays were upon us, but many members of both choirs came and performed together with others on Friday, 21st April, for a night of Busking, Wool Village Hall, and before he could even put himself to bed Ed popped onto facebook to add, "Thank you so much to the lovely singers and supporters of Dorset for Singing together with the Drax Guitar Club for tonight's concert in Wool. We raised £680 for the Purbeck Workshop who are dedicated to providing creative escapes to those touched by cancer within the Dorset area." And that's all really amazing and fantastic."Big thanks to our lovely choir member, Chris Smith for organising the concert," continued Ed ....

Finally don't forget, the community choir with the biggest heart return to rehearsals on Wednesday, 26th April (Dorchester) and Thursday, 27th April (Weymouth & Portland), keep singing and Thanks for sharting the LOVE XXX