Stunning Sounds!

Stunning sounds made by those who attended our latest Singing Workshop last Saturday. As part of our warm up we were all invited to sing any note, and when we needed to take a breath, choose a different note to add to the mix. A truly remarkable sound, which drew the ear, perhaps because each of the singers found they were listening so intently. It has been remarked by people listening to our gigs and CD that they find our music has a healing quality.  In the freedom offered by not having to 'get it right' to start with, and then immersing ourselves in the melee of sounds, there was a real healing quality to this gentle warm-up too.  At the start of the morning, we had asked our singers just to tell us their name and perhaps something about themselves.  The responses ranged from those who felt they were quite confident singers to those who said that they only sing in the bath and had very little confidence in their own voices.  Hopefully by the end of this beautiful warm-up everyone felt that they could not only contribute very meaningfully, but that their confidence was raised for everything else that followed.  And so from there we went on to explore several songs in arrangements new and old with a bit of improvising thrown in for good measure. 

A great place to sing, the Garden Room at The Blackthorn Trust lends itself to such a workshop. Given the scrumptious lunch improvised by Andy in the Blackthorn Cafe we all felt thoroughly spoilt.  Here's to the next one - we appear to have someone signed up already who in conversation yesterday said, "I can't sing." To which Lissie, with certainty, gently replied, " Yes you can."