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Were I not , were I not to sing How would I share my loving But I will keep singing Alone and as one .
I will keep singing
Through summer time and storm I will keep singing While some laugh and others mourn
I will keep singing For that is why I was born .
Revd . Austin Janes , b . 1975
Austin is team vicar at the Church of the Resurrection in Grovehill , where we rehearse on Tuesday mornings . His poem was set to music by our Musical Director , Rufus Frowde , to celebrate our tenth anniversary in 2019 .
The words are especially potent for me . As a child I sang all the time , until the fateful day in school when Miss Mainwaring urged me to desist '. It wasn ' t until I reached sixty that I gave it another go and a whole new world opened .
Singing together has many benefits and is proved to delay brain decay .
We ' ve produced a Song Book for our community performances . These events are an important part of what we do , and the obvious enjoyment people get from singing along is reward indeed !
Our next big thing , on Saturday evening May 18 , is our concert :
The repertoire features a beautiful song by Jonathan Dove which tells of a ' blind old King and his fourteen daughters ' who ' in their great and gold barge glide ' entertained by ' the flute and the lute and the golden horn '.
Water in its multifarious forms appears throughout the concert , with a prophetic song , Next Time , based on the biblical flood , by local composer , Edward Kay . We sing with gusto of heavy rain , violent storms ( so like home ) and Fire Next Time !
We also visit a Scottish Island , wander along the Banks of the Dee , Wade in the Water , go Sailing , and leave Liverpool for foreign shores ,
Along the way we call at other watery places , and long for Shenandoah , in a multi-voice version arranged by Jay Althouse . until , at last , we land back in Hemel for complementary and well-deserved home made cakes and tea .
Summer term starts on April 16th , Potential new members are welcome to give us a try . Rehearsals are from 9.45a . m . on Tuesdays , at Grovehill Church of the Resurrection .
You will find more information about the choir and how to join us on www . dacorumcommunitychoir . org , on our Facebook page , or 07402181182 .
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