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Just a quick note in case someone is checking - sadly Margaret has had to cancel tomorrow morning's Community Singing Session at the Freemasons because of Covid. Members of the group should have been contacted already.
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Over 20 members enjoyed Community Singing with Brian Greed at the piano in April.
The Community Singing group have been invited to sing at Freemasons on Thursday 25th May, Cooinda on Thursday 22nd June and Estia Health on Thursday 29th June, all at 10am. Brian chose the Tram Song Book for April as a preview of how Community Singing will go at all three Aged Care facilities. Brian had printed more copies of the Tram book so that the residents at Freemasons, Cooinda and Estia will be able to join in the singing. As well as this Brian had printed three Seekers songs, which are always enjoyed by the group, and we slotted these in about half way through. Thank you, Brian, for organising the program so well. Everyone participating in the singing at Freemasons, Cooinda and Estia is required to do a RAT test at home before they arrive, and must bring the RAT test with them and present it at the door. RAT tests will be given out at Singing for Fun the week before each Community Singing at Freemasons, Cooinda and Estia. As we are Singing at Freemasons on Thursday 25th May there will be no Community Singing at the Hub at Cooinda that day. Any queries please give me a call on 5762 6944. Margaret Jenkins 222 words Community Singing is something which is enjoyed by everyone. No preparation, words supplied, music supplied and the vast majority of songs are well known to everyone. It is also pleasing to see so many people from Cooinda arriving for Community Singing.
Brian Greed chose the Tram Book of Songs for the first session, and followed this up with the new song book he produced during the holiday season for the second session. A huge thank you to Brian from everyone there for his great playing of the songs. Brian has offered to have Community Singing again next Thursday 30th March as there are five Thursdays in March. Many thanks Brian. We are all looking forward to it. Margaret Jenkins We had twenty-four at Community Singing for the first meeting for the year in February, and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. We welcomed back Marjorie Geeson, Ian Grace, Tomoko Fujiie, Beth Hall and Judy Stewart who had not been able to be with us for a while.
Brian Greed did a wonderful job at the piano, playing a variety of songs by ear. For the first session Brian chose songs from a new song book which he had copied and stapled himself during the holidays. For the second session he chose songs from Sammy’s Song Book Part 1 which had songs like Waltzing Matilda, Loch Lomond and Danny Boy in it. The singers gave Brian a round of applause at the end to show their appreciation for his efforts in playing for Community Singing. The next Community Singing will be on Thursday 23rd March 2023 at 10am at the Hub in Cooinda. We have five Thursdays in March. Brian has offered to have Community Singing also on Thursday 30th March 2023. Margaret Jenkins At the November Community Singing Brian Greed chose songs from our usual Song Book 2 for the first session, and then songs from the Tram Book for the second session. Everyone enjoyed the variety of songs which included “Click go the Shears” and “Waltzing Matilda”.
As this was our last Community Singing for 2022, we had some Christmas cookies for morning tea. At the end of the morning everyone gave Brian a big round of applause as a thank you for his fantastic playing for us during the year. With best wishes for Christmas and hoping to see you all in 2023. Margaret Jenkins At the October Community Singing Brian Greed chose our regular Book 1 for the first session. This has a great lot of Sing a Long songs which everyone enjoyed.
For the second session we used Sammy Song Book No 2 which has several Australian, Irish and Scottish songs which everyone knew. At the end of the morning everyone gave Brian a spontaneous round of applause to thank him for his great playing of all the songs. The next Community Singing will be on Thursday 24th November at 10am at the Hub at Cooinda. All welcome. Margaret Jenkins From our photo shoot in April!
At Community Singing held on Thursday 29 September Brian Greed brought along the Blue Song Book which is used by Cooinda residents. The benefit of this song book was that it had slightly larger print, and had 122 songs in it, some of which we had not found in other song books.
Everyone who attended gave Brian a round of applause at the end for his wonderful playing of the piano for the group. Also thank you to Brian for organising these song books for the morning. The next Community Singing will be on Thursday 27 October at 10am at the Hub at Cooinda. All welcome. Margaret Jenkins Brian Greed chose our Regular Song book No 3 for the first session of Community Singing in August. We had not used this book before, and everyone really enjoyed the variety of songs in it. For novelty “The Mickey Mouse Song” seemed to appeal as well as many old favourites like “Love Letters in the Sand”. For the second session Brian chose Sammy’s Song Book No 1, the songs from it being quite different but also very enjoyable.
We welcomed three new people at Community Singing this month, Carol, Tony and Dorrie. We hope they enjoyed themselves and come again. Best wishes to Gloria Banks who had a short stay in Wangaratta Hospital and is now recovering at home. We hope to see you back with us soon. The next Community Singing will be on Thursday 22 September at 10am at the Hub at Cooinda. Margaret Jenkins It was pleasing to see members of the audience coming up to Brian Greed after Community Singing and congratulating him on his playing of the piano. Brian does a wonderful job playing all the songs from memory, needing only a reminder of the key a particular song is in before he starts playing it.
In July Brian chose Sammy’s Song Book No 2 for the first session, followed by the Tram Book of Songs for the second session. The group is evolving and feeling comfortable with each other, and we enjoyed the odd story about a song, or a reference to there being another possible verse of another song. But everyone participated and enjoyed themselves, which is what Community Singing is all about. The next session of Community Singing will be on Thursday 25 August 2022 at 10am in the Hub at Cooinda. All welcome. Margaret Jenkins |
About Community SingingCommunity Singing is conducted by Brian Greed from the piano using a variety of song books suitable for each Convenor/ contact details
Margaret Jenkins
03 5762 6944 Meeting times4th Thursday
10 am to 11.30 am Cooinda Hub Photographs |