NEWS
2019
St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead, April 2019
A concert for Age UK Dacorum and our farewell to Ben Crawley, our inspirational Musical Director for the past seven years.
Rickmansworth Festival.
May 2019
Photo: Philip China
Collecting in support of the Watford Lions the Choir entertained crowds at the Abbots Langley Carnival with a series of pop-up performances. With trainee Conductor James Pettinger (a colleague of Katie) at the helm, the first port of call was the High Street, just prior to the Carnival procession. From a 'pick and mix' of eleven songs, the Choir delivered five songs in each of two locations near to the central crossroads. This was followed by three further pop-ups on the Carnival site before a final sing to families gathered in the garden of the nearby Royal Oak PH.
Abbots Langley Carnival
June 2019
Katie Teage, our new Musical Director, hit the ground running in late April. Within a month the Choir had added two new songs, Downtown and Dindirin (a spanish medieaval song), to the repertoire and Katie had led the Choir in two very successful performances; the first at Rickmansworth Festival and then a week later in concert titled 'Sing & Swing at St Lawrence Church, Bovingdon (a collaboration with the band Badje).
West Wycombe Park, July Photo: Philip China
Wedding, St Lawrence, Abbots Langley.
Katie throws some moves.
July
Our summer finished with a first ever performance - two forty-five minute sets - at West Wycombe Park (National Trust) then, a week later, a wedding at St Lawrence, Abbots Langley which included both a cappella songs and hymns to the accompaniment of the Chinnor Silver Band
The outdoor theme continued two weeks later on the stage at Kings Langley Carnival. A warm sunny day and an upbeat set of songs which included two Queen numbers and Elbow's anthemic 'One Day Like This' contributed to the happy mood of the large crowd.
Kings Langley Carnival
June 2019
Age UK Dacorum Festive Concert
at St John's Boxmoor.
November
Kings Langley Christmas Lights Festival
Photo: Kris Gruber
Four performances in three weeks brought a satisfying climax to the year. Each concert included a Christmas Gospel Medley specially arranged by our MD, Katie, a multi-layered version of 'The Holly and the Ivy' and a regular favourite of the Choir and audiences the Finnish carol 'Gaudete'.
More contemporay songs, also arranged by Katie, included 'Last Train To Clarkesville', Downtown, the Latin chant 'Da Pacem Domine' and the medieval drinking song 'Dindirin. Amongst other favourites were Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah', Queen's 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' and 'Somebody To Love', Elbow's anthemic 'One Day Like This', and John Farnham's rousing 'Your'e The Voice'.
Signature to our Christmas Tree in
All Saints Church Tree Festival, Kings Langley.
Winter Warmers: a festive concert with Rickmansworth Players Choir at Christ Church, Chorleywood.
December Photo: Philip China
Scrapbook ..... just some of the highlights .... and memories
2018
Our Tenth Anniversary year started in style. In early spring we recorded our third album, '11 To The Power Of Ten', a selection of favourites from our recent repertoire, including David Bowies' 'Space Oddity', Elbow's anthemic 'One Day Like This' and Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'. We are grateful to Cheetah Couriers & Logistics for their sponsorship, and the album will be available at our performances from May onward.
Recognition of our progress and achievement also came in the form of an invitation from Dacorum Borough Council to entertain guests at the Community Grant Awards in late March.
Next up, on 5th May, was a Lobby Live performance at Watford Colosseum
and then, on the 19th, a performance at the church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in Holborn at the international London Sangerstevne festival.
The Dacorum BC, Community Grant Awards. March
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In Concordia; St Lawrence Church, Abbots Langley, 14th July. Photo:Jenna Selby
Kings Langley Carnival. Photo: Philip China. June
The Choir has supported many charities with its performances. For this occasion the Choir nominated local charity The Waterside Centre, whose Trustee, Cllr. Robert McLean, spoke about the service that is provided daily to many disadvantaged and disabled people from its premises in the heart of Kings Langley.
26th October.
To The Power Of Ten. Attended by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, the Mayor of Dacorum Borough Council and the Choirs' Hon.Patron Sir Mike Penning MP, the Choir's tenth anniversary concert was performed to a packed audience at Kings Langley School. Guest band Badje delivered a solo set and joined with the Choir for four numbers, the first time the Choir has sung with accompaniment.
The Choir's programme included both past and current repertoire, treating the audience to the full range of its harmony singing.
The Royal Festival Hall December
2017
Beaconsfield Festival of Choirs
March
Marlowes Shopping Centre
April
Rickmansworth Festival
May
Kings Langley Christmas Festival
December
Watford Festival
March
Ben Crawley receives the Watford Festival Cup from Adjudicator Benjamin Costello.
Ben's big '0'.
September
Christ Church, Chorleywood.
December
2016
The Royal Festival Hall
Chorus Festival
March
Kings Langley Christmas Lights Festival
November
Kings Langley Carnival
June
London Sangerstevne
at St Sepulchre-Without-Newgate, Holborn
May
December
Raising funds for The Hospice of St Francis
Marlowes Shopping Centre
Photo: Kris Gruber
Watford Festival
Winners
March
2015
Iris Rattle
24th December 1938 - 16th December 2014
Our founder and inspiration.
The choir was privileged to be invited by Iris' husband John, and her family, to perform Forever Young - one of her choir favourites - at the celebration of Iris' life held at West Herts Crematorium on 5th January.
Voices Now
Camden Market and The Roundhouse
May
Our second recording
October
Lobby Live
Watford Colosseum
November
Flash Mob
Arriva Buses
December
Santa Dash
The Hospice of St Francis
December
The House of Commons Members' Terrace
May
2014
The Palace of Westminster
The first choir ever to perform within the precincts
May
Back to the Front
Commemoration of the start of WW1 by Kings Langley, Abbots Langley and Langleybury
4th August
Hope For Children
20th Anniversary Concert at St John's, Boxmoor
June
Christmas Lights Festival
Old Hemel Hempstead
November
2013
Rickmansworth Festival
Waiting to go on
May
Forever Young
First album
June
Songs for a Summer's Evening
The Church of All Saints
Kings Langley
July
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