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Umwegitane

A little sample of one of the songs that Laura Bradshaw and I will be teaching over the Summer. This is "Umwegitane”, by  Helen   Chadwick



If you'd like to join us, you can save £30 by booking now for the whole 10 sessions.

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Summer Singing 2019 with Laura Bradshaw and Rebecca Ballard

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Laura Bradshaw leading singing in Cardiff BayIf you miss your weekly singing over the Summer do come and join Laura Bradshaw and Rebecca Ballard on Thursday evenings. We will primarily be learning the songs for Sing for Water London, but we may well be doing other things too.

Some of us are planning to go to the event on Sunday, 16th September, but most of us will just be learning the songs. Sing for Water London inspired Sing for Water Cardiff and there are songs in common, so chances are that some of the songs we learn this Summer will be…

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Ise o luwa

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A little sample of one of the songs that Laura Bradshaw and I will be teaching over the Summer. This is "Ishe O luwa”. Ishe Oluwa is a Yoruba song from Nigeria. If you'd like to join us, you can save £30 by booking now for the whole 10 sessions. Details and booking on: /SummerSinging2018

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Thina Simunye

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A little sample of one of the songs that Laura Bradshaw and I will be teaching over the Summer. This is "Thina Simunye”, a song from Southern Africa. If you'd like to join us, you can save £30 by booking now for the whole 10 sessions. Details and booking on: /SummerSinging2018

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Sao Roma

A little sample of one of the songs that Laura Bradshaw and I will be teaching over the Summer. This is "Sao Roma”, a Roma gypsy song, which has some lovely harmonies in it. If you'd like to join us, you can save £30 by booking now for the whole 10 sessions. Details and booking on: /SummerSinging2018

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Beyond the Sea!

A little sample of one of the songs that Laura Bradshaw and I will be teaching over the Summer. This is "Beyond the Sea" words by Jack Lawrence, with music taken from the song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, arranged by Wendy Sargeant. If you'd like to join us, you can save £30 by booking now for the whole 10 sessions. Details and booking on: /SummerSinging2018

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Summer Singing with Laura Bradshaw and Rebecca Ballard

Laura Bradshaw leading singing in Cardiff BayIf you miss your weekly singing over the Summer do come and join Laura Bradshaw and Rebecca Ballard on Thursday evenings.

We will primarily be learning the songs for Sing for Water London, but we'll be doing other things too. Some of us are planning to go to the event on Sunday, 16th September, but most of us will just be learning the songs.

Sing for Water London inspired Sing for Water Cardiff and there are songs in common, so chances are that some of the songs we learn this Summer will be sung a…

Read more…

Data Protection for Choir Leaders (GDPR)

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Many of us Choir Leaders have an email list to communicate with our members and people who have attended our workshops etc. We are also on other people's lists, of course. There is new legislation coming into force in May 2018 (the 25th May to be exact), called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). It will affect us as individuals and as choir leaders. In this article, I will outline my understanding of the GDPR's effects on us as choir leaders and some suggestions as to action we need to t…

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Facebook Groups - useful for Choir Leaders?

FB Group pages as laptop and as phoneFacebook Groups are more of a community than a page. They are set up for small group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion. They are ideal for Choir Leaders to share information specifically with your singers, and for them to share information between themselves. You can have one Facebook Group for each choir or have one group for all your choirs.

Worried about more admin?

You do not have to run your Group(s) yourself. You can have one or more membe…

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What are Facebook Pages for?

FceBook Page as a laptop and as a phoneFacebook pages are designed to be the official profiles for entities, such as celebrities, brands or businesses and so are visible to everyone on the internet. There is no charge to have an FB Page.

People can like and follow your page and get updates from your page in their News Feed. You can post information that your followers will see in their timeline, which they can like (and their friends might see that they’ve liked). Your followers can share your post with their friends too so more peopl…

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