Cairns Road Concert Is A Cracker!!!

Wow, what a fantastic start to our concerts we had at Cairns Road last night! All those weeks of hard work really paid off. Right from the first song "Beautiful One" we had amazing solos, wonderful small groups, big big smiles, great stage presence and dynamic diction!!! I had a hunch it was going to be good as we began to rehearse and three choirs that rehearse on their own suddenly became one big wall of beautiful sound, you could almost see the confidence growing note by note. Well done everyone!

Westbury GGCC sing 'Magnificent and Holy'

Rehearsing on the stage, it's a tight squeeze now!

Shirehampton sing 'Bridge Over Troubled water'...beautifully

Funk It Up!

On Friday 30th GGCC went to 'Funk It Up'! We were invited to open the dance show for Funk It Up and also sing in the grand finale. It was so great to be there and see so many children and young people dancing with such passion and skill. They were all really confident performers and it was an honour to be able to encourage them and share our Gospel songs in a new setting. When we were about to sing for the finale one little boy asked "are you going to dance?"...we declined! Thanks to everyone from GGCC who came, it was a lot of fun and you were great!

We now look forward to our concerts! First one is this Friday 7th, 7.30pm @ Cairns Rd Baptist Church, BS6 7TH...hope to see you there!

Time to Socialise!

Well, I'm sitting in the warmth of my house, hearing the rain lashing against the windows and the wind howling all around! It's been a mixed week, we've had a lot of torrential rain which has left many people struggling with floods, the Queen has visited Bristol and we've had our first choir social!

On Wednesday there was an unexpected turn of events when poor Geraldine was stuck in terrible traffic due to a river bursting its banks and a 50 mile journey ended up taking 4 and half hours! This meant that Em (who had been thinking she wouldn't be doing much that night!) ended up taking the whole evening but it was a joy and we raised the roof of the Beachley Walk Centre! Then we had a lovely hour munching on cake, cheese, crisps etc and sipping our tea. These "choir socials" are always a great chance for people to talk to people they haven't really talked to before. 

The lovely Shirehampton GGCC family.

Now well and truly in the last stages of rehearsals for our concerts, the songs are really coming together and everyone is up for working hard and making them sound the best they can. Solos and small groups are being finalised and next week we have Westbury GGCC social, followed by Easton GGCC the following week.

First concert is two weeks today!!!

Week 5!

Well it's now November, we are in week five of our GGCC term and the concerts aren't far away! All the plans are coming together nicely and I should be emailing out posters for all three concerts any day now, just putting the finishing touches to them.

We have been asked to sing at the term shows for 'Funk It Up' dance school on Friday 30th November and Saturday 1st December over in Filton. We'll be opening the show and helping with the finale! Both shows are 7-8pm. I've seen some pictures from previous shows and they look great, should be a good night out.

Geraldine is away working in Malaysia this week. So, Em & Naomi are leading all this weeks rehearsals. They did the Westbury GGCC last night and had lots of fun, looking forward to Shire tonight and Easton tomorrow!

That's it for now! Stay warm

Week 2!

I've just got home after the second Easton GGCC rehearsal at House of Praise. We had a great time and had more new members, here we all are:

We took this picture so we could send it to our good friend Barbara who has been in Easton GGCC since the start but has gone back to her home in Paris for a year, we miss her!

So this week all choirs worked very hard, lots of new harmonies and words to learn. We were able to announce the concert dates...Friday 7th December @ Cairns Rd Baptist, Sunday 9th December @ House of Praise (Easton) and Wednesday 12th December @ St Edyth's (Sea Mills). There's already a buzz in the choirs about the concerts, we always have such a great time!

In Shirehampton GGCC we celebrated Pat's birthday...it was her first time at choir and was also her birthday!

I'm hoping to take some pictures from all the choirs over next few weeks so watch this space!

See you soon!

And we're off!!!

It's official...GGCC Autumn term has now started! Great, great first rehearsals for all three choirs. There were new faces in all three choirs, Easton & Shirehampton were especially glad that they each had a new man join! New songs are going to be amazing if first week is anything to go by.



Easton GGCC had their first rehearsal at House of Praise church and received a very warm welcome there (Em had to take her scarf off she was so toasty warm).

Plus, Geraldine had some very exciting news for us all...she's decided to start shopping at Asda instead of Morrisons...NOT! No, she's ENGAGED!!! We're all so thrilled for her and Carey and GGCC have been asked to sing at their wedding...yippeeee!!!

Autumn Term starts...this week!

Well Em, Geraldine & Naomi met for their traditional curry and planning meeting last week. This must mean choir is about to start...THIS WEEK!!! It's been 6 months since the end of our last term which is crazy but the wait is now almost over. Songs are being chosen, literally as I type and we are excited!

So, Westbury GGCC will be back at Cairns Road on Tuesday (6.30pm) and Shirehampton GGCC at Beachley Walk on Wednesday (6.30pm). Easton GGCC have a new home, cue drumroll....House of Praise Church, 2 Tudor Rd, Easton. We'll meet there on Thursday (11am) for the first time...we know we'll be very happy there.

Let the fun begin!!!