On Friday 28th June we were delighted to take to the stage at High Cross in Camberley for our first Summer Concert conducted by Musical Director Philip Viveash-Brainch and assisted by Deputy Conductor James Harrison, with accompanist Charlotte Hobbs.

In front of a packed audience MC Sue Shoveller introduced a wide ranging programme of songs including old favourites such as "Speed Your Jouirney", "With a Voice of Singing", "Yesterday", "Working Man", "What Would I Do Without My Music", "Londonderry Air"  and "When The Saints Go Marching In"  with some relatively new items such as "A Cole Porter Medley", "Puttin On The Ritz", "Silent Worship" and the very popular  "Wellerman", a New Zealand Sea Shanty that went 'viral' during lockdown.  An innovation was the "choral hug" - a rendition of "Down To The River To Pray" sung with the choir standing around the audience. We continued the choir tradition of audience participation with Philip successfully teaching the audience to sing "This Old Freedom Train" in a round while the collection was made for supported charity Camberley Care.

We were particularly pleased to welcome 13 new members as a result of our "A Pie, A Pint and A Song" recruitment event. With just six weeks tuition they were able to join in a great number of the items and definitely contributed to the overall improved quality of the sound and enjoyment for the audience.

Guest performers, Cactus Brass, treated the audience to two sets of three items, some familiar, some new, and even included a medley of Abba tunes.