Cherry Potts, Writer

Tag: Sing for Water

  • Singing in the Rain

    So we completed our mission, and sou’westers and slickers and oilskins were necessary, but fortunately we only got the edge of the promised storm, Sing for Water has been accomplished! Apparently its the first time it has rained for this event in 13 years. We only got slightly damp, and though I say it myself…

  • Singing for water

    There are only ten days to go before Sing for Water, at the Mayor’s Thames Festival. Preparation chez nous has been a bit sporadic, as we’ve only been able to get to two of Vocal Chords rehearsals. However, we had an impromptu practice with a couple of friends on Tuesday, and might gatecrash a Nunhead…

  • Water Aid Day singing

    Vocal Chords are singing in St Pancras Station, London, opposite the National Ticket Office at 6pm this Friday, 22nd March. We are raising money for Water Aid by singing our favourite Sing For Water songs. If you are on your way home from work, get a later train and stay and enjoy, and give generously!…

  • The Singing Season

    Not that the singing season ever went away, it’s a bit like football, the break gets shorter all the time; but we didn’t do Sing for Water this year because of A’s broken leg, so larynx and lungs feeling a bit under used. So the good news is that Raise the Roof is back next…

  • Singing for Water

    Singing for Water

    What a great day of singing.  My feet are feeling it, but we’ve had a superb  day out, doing what we love best, and raised some money for charity in the process.  Our sponsorship page will function for another three months, but no need to wait, donate now! Please!! Around 800 people, representing over 50…

  • Sing for Water final preparations

    It’s been a manic couple of days, we drove home from holiday yesterday, had showers and went out again, to North London for a final Raise the Roof rehearsal for Sing for Water.  Mel hosted a tight squeeze in her flat, and everyone brought food and drink.  A boiling hot evening, all the windows open…

  • Sing for Water- rehearsals

    For the past few weeks A and I have been rehearsing for Sing for Water, a concert in London to raise money for Wateraid. The concert takes place on September 11th at 2pm, in the Scoop, next to City Hall on the South bank of the Thames. Not surprisingly a number of the songs have…