Shepway Choirs

We go again! Reminder: Voices, tonight we’re on for Christmas cheer at Lyminge CC (aka Sibton Park)- muster at 7:45pm for performance at 8pm 🎶 🎉

Travelling carolling! 🎵
We’re out tonight serenading the good folks of Folkestone with Christmas carols and classics! We’ll be collecting for MASC charity, so if you’re heading to the pub this evening, please remember some shrapnel for our buckets! 😇
SINGERS see you at The Mariner !

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WEDNESDAY 20TH – Carols @ Hawkinge Cricket Club - muster at 7pm for 8pm  performance

THURSDAY 21ST
- Hythe Imperial Hotel meet at 2:30pm for 3pm performance
- SYV Concert *singers dropped at 5:15 rehearsal, 6pm performance at FBC, Hill Rd

TBC - KAP - Ross Way @ tbc. SYV & SPS

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FRIDAY 15TH – Hythe Late Night Shopping - SPS meet outside old NatWest bank @4:45pm for 5pm performance, SV @ 6.00PM

‼️ SATURDAY 16th - Shepway Voices Concert - Holy Trinity Church, Sandgate Rd - sound check 4pm, concert 7pm ‼️

SUNDAY 17th - FBC - 6pm (joining Folkestone Baptist Church Carol Service)

🗓️ PENS AT THE READY! Post 1/3! Singers please note muster times below!

THURSDAY 7TH – Carolling Pub Crawl (with MASC buckets!) - 6:30pm at The Ship, The Stade (feel free to join along the way!)

FRIDAY 8TH - Lyminge CC - muster at 7:45 for performance at 8pm
 
SUNDAY 10TH – Harbour Arm - Meet outside Signal Box cafe at 12 for performance at 1:00pm

WEDNESDAY 13TH - SPS Concert - FBC Hill Rd - *kids to be dropped at 5:15pm for rehearsal, 6pm concert start

IT’S GOING DOWN TODAY, PEOPLE!
👀 👂 Be ready…

STAND UP TO PUDDING HOGS! At the ready righteous figgy fiends!

Pudding demands are important demands.
Dessert-gobblers assemble! (Soon… 👀)

👀 Tell ya friends. We hear Fridays are the best days for uprisings…

It’s that time! 🎄 🎶

The Shepway Voices Christmas concert is coming! Join us for carols and Christmas songs from the lesser-known to the best-loved.

📅 Saturday 16th December
🕰️ 7:00pm
📍 Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone
🎟️ £8/FREE for under-18s

A feel-good festive evening and the perfect way to get in the Christmas spirit!

Proceeds go to MASC, the charity that keeps our 4 community choirs running.

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE via the link in bio! Go go go! 🏃

📢 REMINDER! 📢
🕰️ 12:45pm, Sunday November 26th (singers please arrive 20-30 minutes before!)
📍 Capel Village Hall, Lancaster Avenue, Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone CT18 7LX
👕 Blue t-shirts/fleeces, plus Christmassy adornments!
🎄 🎶 See you there!

🌟 REMINDER FOR BLACK FRIDAY/CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! 🌟

This festive period, don’t forget you can easily raise money for MASC whenever you shop online!

It doesn't cost you a penny, you just have to sign up and go through the EasyFundraising app (or the website) before you do your shop.

Follow this link to set up an account and support the choirs!

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-good-cause/step-1/?char=192072&invite=h1c8k4&referral-campaign=s2s&utm_campaign=refCROtest

PS Most things you buy online will be covered by EasyFundraising - though some retailers give a better percentage, so feel free to shop around and get us even more cash!

THANK YOU!

You spend, brands donate to MASC Music and Arts for the Shepway Community. Help us when you shop with 7,000+ brands. Join now.

The lovely Kim-Joy gave us a shout out over on Instagram 🥰

[Image ID: screenshot of Kim-Joy’s Instagram story, with a video of her Creative Quarter Lights Switch On countdown, and the text: “I was honoured to be asked to turn on the lights for Folkestone’s Creative Quarter (which is such a magical and colourful street even without any lights!!!) and to launch Folkestone book festival 📚 💛😍😍😍. I usually get so nervous doing stuff like this but for some reason I wasn’t really (YAY!). It was just a really nice vibe. And listening to the Shepway Choirs choir just before me was very relaxing 😌]

THANK YOU to our incredible Shepway Voices for coming out in force for 3 festive sings and thank you to all those who came to support or happily stumbled upon us and enjoyed the carols. Cheers too to Creative Folkestone for having us at the Creative Quarter Lights Switch On and to Folkestone Town Council for a lovely Lantern Parade and for inviting us to support East 17 at the Big Switch On 😝
Don’t worry if you missed us though, there’s plenty more where that came from! Keep your eyes peeled for maaany more Christmas events in the coming weeks! 🎄 🎵

Yesterday was magic ✨ But don’t worry if you missed it - today we go again! 💡 🎄
LANTERN PARADE: Meet outside The Clifton at 3:30pm for singing procession into town.
TOWN PERFORMANCE: Meet outside the Town Hall at 5:50pm for 6:00pm performance - right before East 17!
And don’t forget our Duncan Moris is going solo on the town centre main stage at 2:45pm - an early Christmas present to your 👂👂!

Meet outside FOLCA at 4:30pm. Be there or be a ⏹️ wearing a Christmas hat!

📢 SPS PARENTS, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS!
The Primary Singers have been working hard all term and have a brilliant set lined up for their Christmas Show! 🎶
🗓️ Wednesday 13th December
⏰ 6:00pm concert start (please drop singers at 5:15pm for rehearsal)
📍 FBC, Hill Rd
Please do share and come along!

***EDIT: NOMINATION WINDOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who voted! We’ll let you know if we hear anything!***

The wonderful Jody Wood of Shepway Voices altos sent this today - PLEASE READ/VOTE! 🙏

This organisation are giving away £5000 to a nominated charity that work with children and young people. The more people who submit MASC shepway, the more entries into the draw we'll have - I would suggest selecting "community" when it asks for type of charity.

Charity number is 1170602.

There is also a draw for £1000 that is open to all charities.

Worth a couple of minutes of time 🙂

Draw closes today!!

Movement for Good - Nominate a charity Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

It’s that time! 🎄 🎶

The Shepway Voices Christmas concert is coming! Join us for carols and Christmas songs from the lesser-known to the best-loved.

📅 Saturday 16th December
🕰️ 7:00pm
📍 Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone
🎟️ £8/FREE for under-18s

A feel-good festive evening and the perfect way to get in the Christmas spirit!

Proceeds go to MASC, the charity that keeps our 4 community choirs running.

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/masc/1057423

📢SAVE THE DATES!
Christmas cheer incoming! Here are this month’s events - all Shepway Voices this time (SPS & SYV events are coming in December 👀).
Whether you’re a choir member or just a lover of a good Christmas sing-song, make a note of these dates!

Full details:

17/11 OLD HIGH ST LIGHTS SWITCH ON: Choir to meet by Folca at 4:30pm, carolling en route to the platform by Objectionables for 5:20pm (end time around 6pm).

18/11 TOWN LIGHTS SWITCH ON: Meet by Clifton Hotel, The Leas, at 3:30pm for lantern parade to town centre. 6:00PM SINGING BY THE TOWN HALL (nb time change! We’re now on right before East 17!)

26/11 CAPEL VILLAGE HALL: meet at the hall at midday for 12:45pm performance (end time around 1:30pm).

Choir members please remember to add your name to the event sheets (at rehearsal) for those you’re able to come along to 😊

Hello! Are you aged 18+? Do you like to be happy? ☑️ ☑️ WELL THEN it’s time you joined a choir! THIS choir, in fact. Shepway Voices is in its TWELFTH year (and counting!) of bringing joy to Folkestone and the surrounding towns. And here are the secrets to our success…

⭐️ You don’t need to be able to read music.. you don’t even need to believe you can sing that well (trust us, we’ve had “non-singers” singing in beautiful harmony in no time, time and time again!).

⭐️ We cover a wide repertoire, from pop to classical, old and new.

⭐️ There are no auditions, it’s charity-run so FREE (donations welcome, of course).

Just turn up and one of our friendly bunch will help you find your section and sort you out some music. Or click the link in our profile to sign up to receive our emails, which have music and all the info you need!

WEDNESDAYS 7:30 - 9:30pm
FBC Centre, Hill Rd.

COME AND SING 😊🎶

Love this - with a moving rendition of Nothing Compares 2 U by . Kids singing together is always magic ✨

Love this - @theps22chorus with a moving rendition of Nothing Compares 2 U by #sineadoconnor. Young people singing together is always magic ✨ #kidschoir #joinachoir #singing #youthchoir #choirsofinstagram

Aged 11-18? This is your sign to join a choir. Not just any choir, *this choir*! Why?

⭐️ meet and hang out with friends in a fun, chilled setting
⭐️ learn to harmonise
⭐️ clock up hours for your DofE skills section
⭐️ have a say in what songs you sing
⭐️ boost your mental health
⭐️ perform (if you want to!)
Aaand Shepway Youth Voices is the loveliest teen (ish) choir around PLUS IT’S FREE!

Join us every Wednesday at Wood Ave Library, Folkestone from 6 - 7:15pm and find out if you’re bari, alto or soprano!

See you there!

‼️ MONDAY IS HEADSTRONG DAY ‼️

🗣️ Our FREE social singing group for anyone who has had a head or brain affecting injury or illness - plus carers, family, friends and ANYONE ELSE who just wants a lovely sing! 🗣️

🗓️ Every Monday @ 1pm 🗓️

📍 Wood Avenue Library, Folkestone 📍

🎶 PLEASE SHARE THIS POST, TAG A FRIEND AND COMMENT BELOW! NEW SINGERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! 🎶

Duncan Moris MASC Charity Headway Kent Dementia UK Stroke Association South East

🚨 ! THIS IS NOT A DRILL ! 🚨

🎶 Shepway Primary Singers & Shepway Youth Voices ARE BACK! 🎶

🗓️ Every Wednesday 🗓️

🕟 Primary Singers (for kids of primary school age) 4:30pm-5:45pm 🕟

🕕 Youth Voices (for kids of secondary school age) 6pm-7:15pm 🕕

📍 Wood Avenue Library, Folkestone 📍

💷 FREE! FREE! FREE! (donations welcome...) 💷

🗣️ Spread the word, tell the world, all kids are welcome! 🗣️

Duncan Moris MASC Charity