2021 – 22: How great are you!
Thank you for a great year of singing.
It always surprises me looking back at what we have done. This academic year however, I think we should be especially proud of ourselves. Considering you had been singing on Zoom for nearly two years, when we came back face to face last September you sounded amazing. Even with masks on it was fabulous!!
It was just great to be back singing together in real life.
Straight back to it we got involved in a few crazy days singing Christmas Carols. Outdoors in high winds at the Board School for Mencap was a great deal of fun! We also sang at Toast and Taurus Crafts. Followed by two fabulous Charity Christmas Concerts one at Usk Sessions House for the Mayor’s Charities and one at the Board School for Chepstow Mencap. What a come back!!
The different groups of The Singing Club have been involved in singing events together and separately. Wassailing and celebrating Burns night in January. Usk SC celebrated St David’s Day in March.
The Singing Club were very pleased to be able to ‘Sing for Ukraine’ at St Arvan’s in March.
Then there was the Queen’s Jubilee at Usk and Chepstow in June.
It was marvellous the Usk Choral Festival was able to go ahead, ‘live’ again at last in July. Such a wonderful experience for The Singing Club to sing at St Mary’s in Usk.
We were so lucky that the sun was shining on us for the Chepstow Arts Festival in July.
Our Summer Concert at Mathern Church raised over £1,000.
In August we were delighted to perform at a book reading for member Dr Susan Smith.
We’ve had fun singing our old songs and we also learned a number of new songs.
So all in all, I think we had a fantastic year!
– Jayne Thomas (Musical Director)