Saturday 26 May 2012

We're in Speedwell!!!

Well, it's a glorious sunny day in May and we had a great morning at Speedwell Methodist Church...here we all are! (Em is hiding in her 'm' bag!!!)



Em was so thrilled when she arrived to see so many happy GGCC faces there, we were literally spilling off the edge of the stage as you can see.

Everyone sang their hearts out and we managed to do loads of songs, both old and new ones. After Geraldine was left with no voice on Sunday at Boiling Wells, Em turned up today with no voice...such a healthy bunch this GGCC team! But, with back up last minute small group for the verses of Blessed be the name and beautiful sponateous humming from the whole choir when Em sang the verses for Here is Love, there was all the support she needed...thanks guys and gals!

Thanks to Wendy for inviting us to come to your church and do pass on our thanks for the yummy breakfast.

So, next stop on our summer tour is the Priory Road Street party on 4th June...can't wait!


Sunday 20 May 2012

Boiling Wells May Day Celebrations

Well I've just got home after a lovely afternoon with the GGCC gang at Boiling Wells May Day Celebrations. I think most of us had never been to "Boiling Wells" but I think we all agreed it's quite a find, a beautiful outdoor venue, tucked away in St Werburgh's. I was certainly glad we had Cliff in the car to point us in the right direction!

We arrived to hear the end of a brilliant Samba band which was followed by a Capoeira display. The weather was good to us all, no rain and the sun even came out for a fleeting moment while we rehearsed! We had a great warm up and rehearsal at the end of the tunnel, dodging traffic and departing Samba band members.



Then we headed off to the ampitheatre to perform

 

Geraldine and Emma were so thrilled to be joined by well over 30 GGCC members (I know that cos I ran out of free drinks tokens and was given 30...cunning!!!)

Even though Geraldine's voice was fading fast she managed to still lead us all in songs including "Soon and very soon", "Steal Away", "Blessed be your name", "Swing Low" and "Happy Day" and Em led "We magnify" and "Nobody Knows".




All in all, a really fun afternoon, spent with lovely people in a beautiful place! It's such a joy to be able to give away something of the adventure and blessing that is GGCC. Looking forward to next Saturday when we're at Speedwell Methodist!

Friday 18 May 2012

Summer Term off to flying start!

Wahey, it's the GGCC Summer term! It's so exciting because we now have five performances booked where we can share all that we have done with the good folk of Bristol.

We had an amazing refresher rehearsal on Wednesday night at Cairns Road...what a great turnout from Westbury & Shirehampton GGCC! Easton GGCC have a rehearsal next week but there were a few there on Wednesday who did a great job singing Nobody Knows.

It was lovely to see how much everyone was enjoying being back together and even though we've had a 6 week break since our concerts, the songs all came flooding back easily and sounded fab. Some of the songs Geraldine taught were new to folk too but they picked them up so quickly...like a bunch of pros!

Looking forward to our first Summer concert on Sunday at the Boiling Wells May Day celebrations, we'll try and get some pics to put up here.