23rd and 24th December 2016 - Wokingham Living Advent Calender

On the 23rd we were snug inside St Paul's Church for some spectacular choral singing by their resident choir. Including the "Truth from Above" and a bit of a singalong to carols including, "Ding Dong Merrily on High" and "Oh little town of Bethlehem". Rev'd Richard Lamey gave a couple of short readings and there were complimentary drinks and nibbles.



On the 24th we were down in Howard Palmer Gardens for a sunset performance including some great Wokingham Living Advent Calender talent of the past to party for the final performance of the year. Check out this live video courtesy of Mountain Entertainment of Danny as Elvis.




We hope you had a great time this December and we will be back later in 2017. Have a happy and healthy New Year.

23rd December 2013 - St Paul's Church Choir at Martin and Pole

Merry Christmas Eve to you all,

Last nights performance at Martin and Pole was really magical. St Paul's Church Choir treated us to a selection of carols both well known and maybe not so well known.

An audience of around 50 braved the storm outside to listen to the carols including "Ding Dong Merrily on High", "Up! Good Christen Folk", "Past Three O'Clock" and "The truth sent from above". But a real highlight was the children of the choir singing "Away in a Manger".

Here is a little background for St Paul's Church Choir:
St. Paul's Choir are the resident parish choir for St Paul's Church on Reading Road. They are a robed Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass choir who sing for Parish Mass, Choral Evensong on the first and third Sundays of each month and also for all special services.  In recent years they have also sung evensong at Southwark and Canterbury Cathedrals and this year they sang at Bath Abbey and also joined forces with All Saints choir to form the highly successful Pentecost Two Choirs Festival in Wokingham.  The choir enjoy the reputation of being a very friendly and welcoming choir and 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 a Wednesday evening.

The below video shows a selection of clips from the songs including full length versions of "Away in a Manger" and "Once in Royal David's City"



 
Martin and Pole offered us a very warm welcome with refreshments including mince pies, sausage rolls and sweets for the children and most importantly shelter during yesterdays storm. Many thanks to them.
http://www.martinpole.co.uk/

Tonight we hope you will all join us at Wokingham Baptist Church on Milton Road for the final Living Advent Calendar performance of 2013. It looks like it should be dry, but if not we will be inside.

December 16th 2012 - St Pauls Choir outside The Roebuck

The angelic St Pauls Church Choir performed outside the Roebuck in the Market Place on Sunday evening.

The 24 strong choir performed carols including “Up Good Christian Folk”, “It came upon the midnight clear” and “Past 3 o'clock” to an audience of around 40 people.

St. Paul's Choir are the resident parish choir for St Paul's Church on Reading Road. They are normally a robed Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass choir who sing for Parish Mass, Choral Evensong on the first and third Sundays of each month and also for all special services.  In recent years they have also sung evensong at Southwark and Canterbury Cathedrals and last summer they hosted a very popular "Come and Sing" Faure's Requiem.  The choir enjoy the reputation of being a very friendly and welcoming choir and 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 a Wednesday evening.

Thanks to The Roebuck for hosting last nights event.

http://roebuckwokingham.co.uk/

Tonight you will find us outside Martin and Pole in Broad Street, although if the weather is particularly unpleasant we might be inside. Come join us, tonight you decide the music!