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Summer Singing 2018 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, 15th 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…

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My First Workshop - Part 1a

Green question markSomebody asked me the other day why it's taken me so long to run one of my own singing workshops.

It's a really good question. If you know me personally, you know that I love singing and I love singing in choirs and I recently started leading choirs myself. I've "subbed" for the leader of the community choir that I sing with once a week, which is always great fun. With her cajoling, I did a choir leader course with the lovely Candy Verney, joined the Natural Voice Network, led busking sessions an…

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My First Workshop - Part 1

big green tickI have finally organised my first singing workshop! Yay! But, I want to be sure that I am not going to lose money.

So my "Inner Excel Geek" created a spreadsheet (obviously - that's what all all good geeks do, isn't it?) to check my figures and to use next time. I was very happy with it. The spreadsheet, helped me work out what was a reasonable price to charge for an early-bird ticket and how many tickets I had to sell to know that I could run the workshop and not lose money. It also allowed my t…

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Festive Singing and Drumming



 

A view of the Mansion House at Insole CourtI'm very excited to share that I am running a Festive Singing and Drumming Workshop on the afternoon of Saturday, 9th December, in the lovely setting of Insole Court, Llandaff.

 

Sometimes we'll just sing, sometimes we'll add a bit of hand-drumming so bring a djembe or a bougarabou if you've got one.

 

Prices

The Early Bird Price is £12.00. When these are all gone, the price goes up to £17.00. Grab yours now! You'll be paying via "Stripe" so your details will be very secure, and you won't be pay…

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Hello Earth

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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 "Hello Earth”. 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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