You’d be forgiven for wondering what has happened to Stokes Singers, the well-established local community choir. Lockdown was a huge blow to everyone as meeting to sing together was not possible for a long time but the enforced break gave the group a chance to make some changes for the better. The biggest change has been a move back to Bradley Stoke…
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Stokes Singers are recruiting new members in January 2020, so why not come along and give us a try? asks choir member Gillian Rowles. Rehearsals are lots of fun and members get a real uplifting feel from singing with the group. We are a 3/4 part harmony group singing a wide range of music from swing, gospel, pop, show and
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After a well-earned summer break, Stokes Singers are keen to tune up for the start of our new season when weekly rehearsals start again on Thursday 5th September. Singing is what brings us all together, writes founder member Sue Callow, and we can’t wait to meet up and get going. I really miss my singing family and it will be
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Things are warming up for our community choir as we move from spring into summer and our programme fills up, writes Sue Callow of Stokes Singers. Our Singing Workshop at the end of April brought together 50 voices, including those new to part singing, and members of Stokes Singers, Crossbow Singers, Bradley Stoke Community Singers and the Good Afternoon Choir
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Stokes Singers are putting the finishing touches to the programme for this year’s Christmas concert and we’re all set to entertain, writes Sue Callow. ‘Sing Noel’ on Saturday 8th December sees us returning to the Church of Christ the King, Bradley Stoke with a mix of traditional and modern music including a keyboard solo from Phil Lawrence and opportunities to
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By Sue Callow, Stokes Singers We may not have started Christmas shopping just yet but Stokes Singers have a few new festive tunes in our repertoire already! Our autumn rehearsals at Coniston Community Centre are going well and we’ve been pleased to welcome new singers who’ve quickly settled in to our 30-strong mixed choir. Our two musical directors, Phil Lawrence
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After a memorable end to the choir’s Sing 25 Challenge, Stokes Singers are refreshed and ready to go at the start of our autumn term writes publicity officer Sue Callow. Our summer concert in July marked the 25th birthday of the choir and was well received by a full house at the Church of Christ the King in Bradley Stoke. Amazing
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By Sue Callow, Stokes Singers. If you lived in the new town of Bradley Stoke back in the early 1990s, you may well remember local musician Nick Breeze putting out a call for residents to join him in forming a choir. The Church of Christ the King was the venue for the first meeting in June 1993 which attracted singers
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Local community choir Stokes Singers have been out and about as part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, writes chair Anne King. A first for us this year was a performance at Temple Meads Station as part of Youth Music’s ‘Give a Gig’ fundraiser. Temple Meads was one of ten major railway stations to host a musical event and Stokes Singers joined other choirs
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Spring is in the air for Stokes Singers as we look forward to marking the 25th anniversary of our choir later in 2018, writes Sue Callow, publicity officer. Several new members have joined us and we enjoyed a quiz evening and a visit to Crossbow Singers at Frampton Cotterell to share one of their rehearsals. Nick Breeze, who founded the
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