Heart of England's Premier Ladies Barbershop Chorus

  October 2000

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 Caroline Stanton is our 'Madam Chair'

Sue Eliot-Higgitt puts our sheet music into audio for learning purposes and she is Chorus Secretary

Membership Secretary Teresa Adams (left) and Chorus rep Barbara Hodges (right)

About Us


The beginning..... 

Our Chorus formed in January 2000 with 9 members, quickly  increasing to 12 as friends joined us.  We attended our first Convention in October 2000 after successfully becoming members of the national Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS).  We competed for the first time in October 2001 getting through to the finals at our first attempt which was very exciting.  As the years go by the chorus continues to improve in our ranking within the association but that doesn't interfere with us all having a good time in fact it encourages it!

Our members.....

We have 40 members now with a wide range of jobs, ages and interests within our chorus and this makes for a great exchange of ideas and nurtures support for one another. The one thing which we have in common is of course our love of 4-part harmony!  There's nothing quite like practising together, hitting the right note with the correct intonation (it's not as hard as it sounds!) and hearing that chord ring out.

The chorus has a music team which works hard to learn new songs from 4 part learning tapes/c.d.'s.  Some of us are really up-to-date with our iPods and music transfers via email!  Hopefully this helps the chorus to learn the numbers more easily and to enjoy the process!  We book coaching from the LABBS association to assist with improving our singing and presentation.  All in all we strive to improve whilst singing and sharing with others but most importantly we enjoy ourselves!  Sometimes it gets a bit hectic but the rewards are worth it!

There is still room for you so hurry along, we'd love to share our hobby!   Click the come and join us link on the left! The Music Team and the Executive Committee....

Sara Jackson is our MD, she is a very talented musician who regularly updates her knowledge by attending coaching sessions provided by LABBS and BABS, she passes this new knowledge on to our chorus at rehearsals and hopefully we respond and improve!

Jo Lea, (left) is our Assistant MD and she is already contributing each week whilst continuing with the vocal warm-up exercises.  Claire Summers (right) is our PR person proving her talents in the fantastic promotion of our recent singing course.

 

Joy Clark, (left) is our Treasurer and Catherine Gordon (right) - is our Lead section leader. She also gets us warmed up with some fun physical exercises to start our evening!

 

 
 

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