Singing, chatting, drinking, more singing, tankard waving, learning to sing in German, remembering our Stand By Be signing, a scavenger hunt, a repertoire quiz and yet more singing- just some of the things we got up to – thanks to everyone who came along and made our 3 week C’est La Zoom! Oktoberfest such a…
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Our June project was a great success and, as planned, we warmed up, we sang, we shared stories, poetry and performances and really enjoyed connecting with each other. Over the 4 weeks Elizabeth taught us all the BSL alphabet and also how to sign the song ‘Stand by Me’. For our final session Elizabeth and…
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We’ve been having so much fun on Zoom we decided to launch a summer project – C’est La Zoom! in June! Instead of our usual repertoire of complex acapella arrangements of popular music, we are focusing on doing the things we have found to work best online: warm ups, simple songs and rounds, themes, games,…
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We were particularly grateful to be meeting every week when we heard the devastating news that one of our much loved basses, Jeff Lewis, had died with Coronavirus on 15th April. When we met the following Wednesday, we were able to remember Jeff together, raising a glass to him and singing one of his favourites, Moon…
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We were half way through our term when we could no longer meet in person due to the Corona virus but that didn’t stop us meeting, connecting and singing online every week! We warmed up our bodies and voices as usual and then enjoyed singing along to recordings of the songs we had been working…
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In response to government requests to ‘stop non-essential contact’ and to protect the health of all our members, we regret that we have had to cancel C’est La Vie! Community Choir sessions for the foreseeable future. We will post updates here and keep in contact with our current members via email and our WhatsApp groups.…
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What a fantastic night of singing and merriment to celebrate the end of term in 2019 for C’est La Vie! Thankfully Elizabeth had a camera, so we can all enjoy the highlights of the evening with this compilation video.
We’re very excited to announce our new term for 2020! The new term starts Wednesday Jan 29th 2020 and ends Wednesday 6th May 2020. There will be no session 19th Feb (half term), no session 8th and 15th of April (Easter). We are also planning a concert for the 13th of May. See you there!
On 13th November, our usual venue is not available so we will be using St James Church Parish Centre for one night only. St James’ Church, Walter Road, Swansea SA1 4QF The Parish Centre is the modern hall behind the old stone church – the main entrance is up a small flight of steps. There…
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Fantastic news, C’est la Vie! community choir now has a brand new website! A place where you can get the latest news and get to know the choir and the organisers behind it. One main feature is that members can now listen to the their parts directly from the site on their computer, mobile phone…
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