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Songs of Protest
Back in the day, when you went on a march through London – something I did a lot of in my youth, starting with the march against the Corrie Bill, and moving on to Section 28, the Police Bill, Anti-Nuclear marches with CND, Reclaim the Night, anti-cuts marches with various unions, Lesbian Strength, Gay Pride…
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Vocal Chords Hold Back the River
I may have mentioned that sometimes I sing? This is me, buried in the tenor section of Vocal Chords in our first professionally produced video You Tube of James Bay’s Hold Back the River.
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Community Choirs Festival Stratford upon Avon
At last I’ve remembered to look for the video from our trip to Stratford, here it is. more of the concert from other people here
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Orpheus and Eurydice at the Platform
Come and watch/listen to English Pocket Opera Company‘s production of Gluck’s masterpiece, Orpheus & Eurydice. 21st – 26th January, at the Platform Theatre, Central St Martin’s, Handyside Street King’s Cross London N1C 4AA Short sharp and sweet, we’ll take you to hell and back, with the eccentric story of Orpheus I don’t think I will…
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Singing and ringing and feeling like christmas
So: Saturday was a singing day, 3 hours or so, rehearsing, performing, singing with the audience, interspersed with beer at the lovely Ivy House. We like to have a theme or a project for Vocal Chords, in the summer it was love songs for the planet, this autumn it has been folk carols, learnt from…
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Oh the weeping and the wailing
The trouble with having a brilliant time at Blackheath Halls prancing about singing is that inevitably it comes to an end. The party helps make the break, and it was good to hear from orchestra members how much they enjoyed the process too, and either wanted to know what on earth we did to Macbeth…
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Macbeth does Murder Sleep
Being part of an opera plays havoc with your sleep (and eating) patterns. I’m a bit of a homebody normally (although running a publishing venture has changed that a bit – schlepping about with a suitcase full of books to readings of an evening has meant my normal bedtime is now nearer midnight than it…
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Mini Last Night of the Proms at Blackheath Halls
I regard Blackheath Halls as an extension of my home, despite being a good twenty-minute car journey away. For about half the year I spend at least one evening a week there, singing; we had the party for our civil partnership there, and I am happy to turn up to be in the audience on…
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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…
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Blackheath Cendrillon: A slipper and a ring
L.C. here. This is my last post on behalf of Cherry. She says I’ve behaved very irresponsibly and I am lucky not to have been had up in front of the Leveson Enquiry. Anyway, I’m feeling a bit crest-fallen because I didn’t find out who the mystery woman was first after all. But I was…
Cherry Potts, Writer 