August 2023 has five Thursdays, and we were fortunate that Brian Greed offered to have Community Singing on both the fourth and fifth Thursdays of August. We really do appreciate having Singing available each Thursday, Brian.

For the fourth Thursday Brian started with our regular Song Book 1, which contains a number of varied Community songs. After morning tea this was followed by Sammy’s Song Book Number 1 which has a different group of well-known songs including Waltzing Matilda and Loch Lomond.

Everyone had a great morning, and it was good to see members coming up to Brian at the end of the session and thanking him for an enjoyable morning.
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Margaret Jenkins

What a wonderful morning we had at Freemasons! Probably 25 singers there plus somewhere near 50 residents of Freemasons. We were able to catch up with Gloria Banks, also Faith Hicks who used to be a Leader for Singing for Fun. Many of the residents told me afterwards that they had really enjoyed the morning, and hoped we would come back soon.

Thank you, Brian for the fantastic job you did playing the piano for us. We had a bit of a tricky start, but once the electrics for the piano were sorted, it was full steam ahead. Thank you also to Margaret Merriman for acting as MC for the morning.

Our thanks to Freemasons for providing us with a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit. All around, it was a great morning. 

​On 22nd June Community Singing was shared with residents of Cooinda in the Alice Goulding room at Cooinda. Brian Greed used the Tram Shed song book for the morning’s singing, as well as including three Seekers’ songs which are always popular. Kieran Smith did a great job as MC for the morning.

The audience were provided with song books and joined in the singing with great gusto, some waving hands in time with the music, and even a dance by a couple from Cooinda. The previous day Cooinda residents had a Western Day, so there was still a cowboy hat around to be tried on by Kieran. One of the Cooinda residents enjoying the morning was 101 years of age.

Thank you to the Cooinda staff for inviting us for the morning, and to Brian for providing great music for the singing.

Our Community Singing group will have a session at the Hub at Cooinda on Thursday 29th June at 10am.

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Margaret Jenkins

Community Singing for May was going to be at Freemasons. However, due to Covid cases associated with Freemasons, our Community Singing at Freemasons has been re-scheduled for Thursday 27th July at 10am.

In June Community Singing will be held at Cooinda on Thursday 22nd June at 10am, and also at Estia Health on Thursday 29th June at 10am.  
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Margaret Jenkins

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.
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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.

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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.  
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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