NEWS & FEATURES | SING FOR LIFE 2022
Launching in September, Sing for Life will sign up 40plus local women - women just like you - to take part in a ten-week pop-up singing project, working towards a fantastic live performance event at The Cresset this November, supporting charity partner Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice. You’ll learn to sing, meet new people, challenge yourself, perform live on stage and raise money for this muchloved local charity – what’s not to like?!
SING FOR LIFE 2022
Absolutely no previous singing experience is needed, just a willingness to step outside your comfort zone, get stuck in and give it a go… it’s all about the journey! “Sing for Life is not about finding the next Adele; it’s about helping ordinary women find their voice” says William Prideaux, the project’s director. “So many people lack confidence or genuinely believe they can't sing, but deep down just about everyone secretly has a favourite karaoke number… we promise we’ll have you singing, and loving it, in no time!” After missing a year due to covid, last year’s project was a bumper one with over one hundred brave women signing 10
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up in September 2021, all eager to learn to sing and raise money for Thorpe Hall Hospice... and they smashed it, giving the performance of their lives and raising almost £10k for the charity. For most of them it was their very first experience of singing in public, here’s what some of them said: “Loved, loved, loved every minute of it! Thank you so much!” “Such a great experience and it has been so enjoyable. Thanks to all those who made it possible and to the lovely people I have met along the way!”
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amazing, fun, project… I feel so proud to have taken part, I loved every minute of it!” “It was an absolute honour to be part of the Sing4Life choir and to help raise such an amazing sum for Sue Ryder!” Raluca says “Sing for Life showed me how music and the expert guidance of a conductor can turn total strangers into a performing choir in just a few weeks. The journey from the first rehearsal until the much-anticipated concert night was an exciting adventure of finding new friends, learning songs from diverse genres, and discovering the synergy of singing in a group for a greater good!”
