Sing Sing Sing!

Sing! Sing! Sing!

Local music teacher Sarah Minns was thrilled with the recent launch of the Glasshouse Community Choir, which had an incredible start with a turnout of 33 people for the first choir gathering on Wednesday, May 22.

Sarah said it was wonderful to see a broad mix of people turn up. “I was so chuffed with the turnout. It was a fun night and everyone seemed to be smiling,” she said.

“We had a real spread of ages from 17 to around 80 years old and a mix of men and women. We even had a guitarist come out of the woodwork and he's offered to play at some of our practises, which is fantastic,” Sarah said.

The night featured a variety of songs chosen to appeal to a cross section of tastes. They included Edelweiss (from ‘The Sound of Music’), For the Longest Time (Billy Joel), When You Say Nothing at All (Ronan Keating), Shallow (Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga from ‘A Star is Born’), Put a Little Love in Your Heart (Annie Lennox style), Loch Lomond (traditional) and Let it Be (Beatles).

Sarah’s plan is to start working on some harmonies to take advantage of the vocal range of the participants and to look at songs in a bit more detail.

She hopes that the momentum continues for this wonderful community choir initiative and is keen to attract a few more instrumentalists to accompany them.

The community choir is open to everyone - young, middle-aged and older adults alike. There is no need for participants to read music or to have previous experience.

The group meets weekly on Wednesday evenings at the Glass House Mountains Neighbourhood Centre from 6.30-7.45pm. There will be no cost to participate and a variety of music styles will be explored to suit the group as it evolves.

New members are welcome to just turn up on a Wednesday evening.