Autumn 2007

Well you must have thought we’d gone a bit quiet!! But nothing could be further from the truth…..

We started the year with a flurry of activity, including singing for an Epiphany Supper at the end of January. We have a friend who is a nun, and she is also priest in charge of a parish in Bethnal Green, so we provided the entertainment for their evening (and they provided us with FAB FOOD).

Later that month we sang for the Salvation Army, together with our chorus Signature. We are becoming very holy!

In February we were whisked away to the wilds of Norfolk to entertain at a Masonic Ladies Night. We had a great weekend by the sea. Then a week or two later we and Signature sang in St Albans to raise money for a local women’s refuge – a very important project which we were proud to support.

Then came the Holland Harmony Convention in March – we and the chorus were mike warming, and singing on the 25th Anniversary Shows. What a fantastic time we had!! Did we mention the wonderful food??? It was great to share the stage with international champions SALT, and Metropolis.
We actually managed a couple of early morning swims in an effort to counterbalance eating too much….

We had a lull due to Rowena having an operation (she was quiet for a while but it hasn’t lasted) and then spent a Sunday in June with Shirazz which we all enjoyed very much – good luck in Ireland girls!

And now….we have developed new talents for surprising people by appearing as if by magic! Some months ago our lovely quartet mum Pauline Fox asked us to surprise her husband Tony by singing for him at their Golden Wedding Celebration. So – we travelled down to Devon and smuggled ourselves into the party hotel…..there then following much creeping around and giggling whilst we made our way to a Tony-free zone!!

It was a great success and we were so flattered to have been asked….the evening was very emotional and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

Signature’s Chairman, Janet was married to Andy the following weekend, and we were delighted to be invited to sing for them too…congratulations to you both!

We were invited back to Bethnal Green very recently to sing at the St Saviour’s Priory as part of their St Margaret’s Day celebration….the photo shows us singing in the chapel, as the weather was so unpredictable. Fantastic acoustics!

And at the time of writing we are looking forward to Saturday when we are booked to sing at a friend’s birthday party, again AS A SURPRISE!!

So if anyone needs a quartet to jump out of a cake at any sort of function, we are your girls….but obviously it will have to be a big cake!!!

Looking forward to seeing you at Convention

Sue, Rowena, Steph and Sue
Xxxx