(Ogden Nash, 1902 – 1971) Two amazing and momentous events began our Christmas celebrations in December. On the 3rd, we sang outdoors for the first time…
Browsing: Dacorum Community Choir
Monthly news column from Dacorum Community Choir published in the Boxmoor Direct magazine
(1944, Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane) This is one of the numbers in the Choir’s Christmas songbook that we use when we perform in the community.…
(“Hannibal” Smith, The ‘A’ Team) October marks the choir’s AGM and last year our chair, Caroline Lees ended her report with three wishes – that we…
(Earl Nightingale, 12.03.1921 – 25.03.1989) … and that’s how it started. In the end we also travelled with three gazebos, a tuba, a flute, four guitars,…
Jolly Good Company, Raymond Wallace, 1931 … or so we hope! The rollercoaster which is Covid and the lockdowns keeps rolling on. Last month, I told…
(‘Feel Good’, Trad. American folk song) On Saturday 17th July, we sang at the St John’s Summer Fete in Boxmoor. We finished with what might…
‘Into each life some rain must fall….’ The Rainy Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 27.2.1807 – 24.3.1882 On 22nd June, at a cold and overcast outdoor…
“O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy.” (Lewis Carroll, 1832 – 1898) It’s not over yet. The vaccine hasn’t defeated the monster, but…
“May was full of promises, but she didn’t keep ’em quick enough for some.” Oscar Hammerstein II From my window I can see a Japanese Maple…
I’m departing from the traditional choir theme this month. I hope to be able to update about our future plans in the May edition. In the…