3rd December 2015 - Thames Valley Chorus at Marks and Spencer

The menswear section of Marks and Spencer was packed last night to see the always wonderful Thames Valley Chorus. Thames Valley Chorus is an a Capella choir for male voices and sing in four-part, close harmony, barbershop style.   They rehearse at Waingels College, Woodley, every Tuesday evening from 7pm. They were conducted tonight by Liz Croft.

We heard a selection of Christmas and festive tunes including; “Do you hear what I hear”, “Yes Sir that’s my Baby” and “White Christmas” plus favourites like “(Is this the way to) Amarillo”. 

Many thanks to Thames Valley Chorus for the music and thanks to M&S for hosting this evening of the event.

Tonight at 6:15pm we are at the Local Barber shop just off Broad Street for Bottletop Theatre Community’s theatrical take on this time of year. Don’t forget performances are at 4pm Saturday and Sunday, keep an eye on Wokingham Town Council’s social media or take a peek at the online calendar to find out what it will be.

2nd December 2015 - Dressing the Christmas Tree in Wokingham Market Place.

The 2^nd night of the Wokingham Living Advent Calendar saw 13 local schools present their handmade decorations to Wokingham Town Mayor Cllr Philip Mirfin, Cllr Andrew Waters and mini-mayor George Bradley.

Carols were led by Wokingham Choral Society including the classics Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing and O Come all Ye Faithful. 

Schools present decorations this year were:

Foundry College
High Close School
Evendons Primary School
Emmbrook Infants School
Wescott School
Walter Infant School
Hawthorne’s School
St Teresa’s School
All Saints School
Emmbrook Junior School
Westende School
St Pauls School
The Emmbrook School

Many thanks for all the schools for their beautiful decorations, I understand that they should be on the tree by the end of the week if not by the end of today.

Many thanks also to 1^st Winnersh Scouts for doing the refreshments and for Waitrose and Morrisons for donating mince pies.

Tonight don’t forget to be at Marks and Spencer’s at 6:15pm for the 3^rd evening of the Wokingham Living Advent Calendar. Thames Valley Chorus will be performing. Last year they did a very amusing rendition of “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas” if you didn’t see it you should take a quick peak back through the blog for it or watch the highlights reel from 2014.  

1st December 2015 - Rock Choir at Wokingham Town Hall

Wokingham Living Advent Calendar got off to a fine start last night with a performance by the fabulous Rock Choir at Wokingham Town Hall.  

Rock Choir is the UK's favourite contemporary choir with over 17,000 members across the country.  Today's performers were from the Monday evening choir that rehearses in the Methodist Church in Rose Street & the Wednesday lunchtime choir that rehearses at St. Paul's Parish Rooms. They are open to new members and if you would like to know more you can at www.rockchoir.com

Led by Glen Harvey they sang a selection of rock/pop hits including “As long as you love me” originally sung by the Backstreet Boys and “Don’t Stop Me Now” sung by Queen, finishing off with the Christmas classic “Merry Christmas Everyone”. 

The 150 strong crowd had a great time and during “Don’t Stop Me Now” found themselves in the midst of the choir as members of Rock Choir hid among them revealed themselves in a flashmob style event. 

We hope you enjoy this short video of the evening and will see you tonight at the Christmas Tree in the Market Place for the Dressing of the Christmas Tree where we will see local schools present handmade decorations to Wokingham Town Mayor Cllr Philip Mirfin and sing carols led by Wokingham Choral Society.

Looking forward to 2015

We are looking forward to this years Wokingham Living Advent Calendar and hope you are too. 

In anticipation for 2015's event and after the successful Launch event on 24th September here is a short showreel of some of last years wonderful performances.

Hope to see you at some of this years event.