Christmas 2023

What a festive time!! We were delighted to once more be included in the Christmas Festival at St John’s Church. The theme was “Wreaths” and our Choir team created a beautiful Ukraine Carol wreath which had a QR code taking you to the Choir singing the Ukraine carol. We sang in the church on 12th December.

We also sang at the West Byfleet Christmas Light Switch on, which was a fantastic event and entertained the residents of Charrington Manor with some Christmas songs!

Summer 2023 - Open Rehearsal

We started off the summer with the idea of holding a Midsummer Medley concert in July at Fullbrook School. This was all organised to be an evening cafe style concert with drinks and nibbles, but unfortunately the tickets just didn’t sell! We think everyone was feeling the cost of living pinch! So we ended up having a last minute open rehearsal at our last summer evening meeting, inviting friends and family, for free, to come and listen to us. We were overwhelmed by the number that came and the lovely feedback and as it was such a successful and enjoyable event we are going to repeat it in the future. Thank you to everyone who supported us! Next time we will organise drinks and a donations bucket for charity!!

Saying Goodbye!

Very sadly in January 2023 we had to say goodbye to our dear choir member and friend, Carol, who sadly passed away. We gave her a lovely send off by singing her favourite choir songs - Vicar of Dibley version of “ The Lord is my Shepherd” and “Somewhere” from West Side Story at her funeral. Carol always giggled when we sang “The Lord is my Shepherd” because it reminded her of the Vicar of Dibley episode when Dawn French falls into an enormous puddle.

We also helped our Choir Master, Andrew, say goodbye to his beloved mother in 2023 by singing for her at her funeral.


St John's Christmas Festival of Memories - December 2022

We were privileged to be part of St John’s Christmas Festival of Memories in Dec 2022. We sang a beautiful selection of Christmas favourites and the Choir’s entry to the Festival was a book of their memories, delicious Christmas recipes and songs.

Lighting up West Byfleet at Christmas - December 2022

Once again we sang our hearts out in West Byfleet to celebrate the lights being turned on for Christmas. Such a great team effort from everyone involved in this village event. Long may it last!!

West Byfleet Infant And Junior School Christmas Fair - December 2022

We were delighted to be asked to sing at this wonderful, community event.

Jubilee Jazz Concert July 2022

JUBILEE JAZZ CONCERT - COMMEMORATING THE QUEEN’S PLATINUM JUBILEE

Saturday 16th July 2022 at 6.30pm at St John’s Church, West Byfleet, This was a wonderful concert where we were joined by The Forces Veterans Show Band and Horley Singers, plus West Byfleet Junior School Choir. The money we raised from refreshment sales went to The Matthew Hackney Foundation. We were also very grateful for a generous grant from The Christine Best Foundation.

St John’s Christmas Tree Festival - December 2021

We loved participating in this stunning event, singing Christmas carols and songs and entering the community decorating a Christmas tree competition!

Lighting Up West Byfleet - December 2021

The choir sang in West Byfleet as part of the turning on of the Christmas lights organised by the village businesses and shops. What a festive and fun event!!

What did we do in Lockdown??

Well we certainly didn’t stop singing! We hilariously tried to sing via zoom, which really didn’t work very well, so we resorted to weekly zoom social meetings so that we could all keep in contact and support each other.