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C'est La Vie! - Community Choir

Another 5 week term starting on 9th March 2022

After the success of our mini term before Christmas and since Wales has returned to Level 0, we had two lovely sessions of singing in February and now we are preparing for a new 5 week term, Wednesdays, 7.30 – 9pm from 9th March to 6th April. We will continue to meet in the wonderfully resonant Circus…
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A 5 week mini term of C’est La Vie! Community Choir

Wednesdays, 7.30-9pm, 3rd November – 1st December Since March 2020, we have Zoomed, we have sung familiar songs in the park, we had an outdoor workshop and now we are delighted to be offering 5 weeks of unaccompanied harmony singing in a new venue – the Circus Eruption building – a converted church with a beautifully resonant…
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Singing Workshop with Roxane Smith at Gower Heritage Centre on 11th September 2021

The tide was high, we had a lovely day, there may even have been a blue moon and we were so delighted to sing together because we hadn’t done that for the longest time! We are hugely grateful to Roxane Smith for leading a fantastic workshop and to everyone who came along for a wonderful…
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C’est La Vie! Singing together in the Park

After 14 months of not being able to sing together in person, we were delighted to meet for 2 socially distanced singing sessions in Brynmill Park.The weather was glorious, we sang, the birds sang, there may have been a few tears, there were definitely some beautiful harmonies.What a joy it was to see each other and…
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C’est La Zoom! Springtime Singing Socials

‘C’est La Zoom!’ sessions were committed to connecting, sharing and brightening the months where we couldn’t meet to sing in person so we included breakout rooms and activities to get us talking as well as singing. We had a different theme every week with loosely linked songs and activities: flowers, weather, St Patrick’s Day, Desert…
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Merry Christmas Everyone from C’est La Vie!

We had a great time at our C’est La Zoom! Winter Warmer – a huge variety of wintery and seasonal songs, some we knew, some we learnt, some we sang like karaoke! Quizzes, a scavenger hunt and festive accessories – we were able to connect, smile and sing together. We also had another go at…
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C’est La Zoom! Winter Warmer

From 5 Wednesdays until 9th December we will revisit our festive favourites, sing some simple wintery songs, delve into old, shared repertoire and sing along to songs that can only be sung at this time of year! Our plans include a couple of quick quizzes, some show and tell and another adventure into the world of…
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C’est La Zoom! Oktoberfest – a success!

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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C’est La Zoom! in June

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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Sad News

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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