On two consecutive Tuesday evenings the Choir, through the Club and committee’s generosity, held open-air rehearsals in the gardens of Wellingborough Golf Club and had no problems in filling the quota limit of 30 socially-distanced choir members for both sessions.
Because of the Government restrictions we have not been able to rehearse together for 15 months and although zoom has been a great substitute it has not been the same as all being together. After a long wait, we finally had an opportunity to be together and what a couple of magic nights of singing we had!
2018 has been one amazing year and one that everyone involved with the choir can look back on with immense pride. Here Ruth Bowe, founder of the Wellingborough Community Gospel Choir, reflects on a year in which so much was achieved by the choir, now almost 100 strong.
On the Thursday before Christmas, a small band of WCGC members attended Kettering General Hospital to sing carols to those in the wards that may well be spending Christmas away from home.
Two weeks before Christmas the Choir was contacted by the Charity, "Bucket List Wishes". We were asked to contribute as part of a surprise wish for a local lady, Catherine, and her family.
What a glorious afternoon we had performing earlier in the month for the very first time at the stunning Althorp House for the 15th Althorp Literary Festival! Stunning surroundings, the…