22nd December - Bruce Neil at Antique Rose

Last night once again saw us back in Bush Walk. Georgina Hustler, owner of Antique Rose handed out Prosecco, then introduced Bruce Neil to the crowd. Bruce played guitar and sang some of  his more recently written songs that he is planning to release in the New Year. His daughters Elsie and Betsy spurred him on and offered to warn their Dads numb fingers from the cold air! A good crowd was gathered, and Bruce closed with his famous acoustic version of "Paradise City" which was well received.



Antique Rose has been described as 2 floors of lovely pretty things ... gorgeous gifts .... festive treats ... plus Wokingham's winter Wonderland.. a whole Floor of Christmas loveliness !!! And there is still time to go visit.

Tonight we are inside St Paul's Church for a performance by their Church Choir and tomorrow at 4pm work off those mince pies by joining us at Howard Palmer Gardens for what can only be described as a Wrap Up Party. Come one, come all for what may be a real mix of acts but will be a good time.

Merry Christmas

Good Afternoon,

I hope everyone is having a lovely Christmas Eve. Don’t forget we have one final performance this evening at Wokingham Baptist a traditional choral service. But as it is Christmas Day tomorrow I will be with friends and family so the video may have to wait until the New Year. 

So in lieu of that here is a very short Merry Christmas from the Wokingham Living Advent Calendar. Ably assisted by the night of 15^th performer Reading Accordion Group and audience. 

24th December - St Pauls Church Choir at St Pauls Church

Happy New Year!

Many thanks to you all for supporting Wokingham’s Living Advent Calendar 2014 we hope to see you all next year.

It was a fantastic 24 days and we are pleased to let you all know that you raised almost £1800 for the four charities involved. We will be looking forward to the 2015 event so now is the time to send us your feedback, what did we do well and also what you think might improve the event?
Leave comments below or email artsandculture@wokingham-tc.gov.uk

But there is an event missing! Please enjoy below this clip from the 24th December 2014 performance at St Pauls Church featuring the fantastic St Pauls Church Choir. They performed a lovely set of choral music including “O Little Town of Bethlehem”.

St Paul’s Choir are the resident parish choir for St Paul’s Church.  They are a robed SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) choir who sing for Parish Mass, Choral Evensong on the first and third Sundays of each month, and also all special services. In recent years they have also sung evensong at Southwark and Canterbury Cathedrals and at Bath Abbey.  They have also joined forces with All Saints choir to form the highly successful Pentecost Two Choirs Festival in Wokingham in 2013, something they hope to repeat again in 2015.The choir enjoy the reputation of being a very friendly and welcoming choir and we are always pleased to chat to possible newcomers, adults and children alike.  They sing repertoire which covers a huge range of sacred music from plainsong chant through to some of the best 21st Century composers and rehearse once a week on Wednesday evenings.

We do hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and have a happy New Year. We will see you all again in December.