On the following Tuesday evening several members of the choir braved the cold to serenade commuters at Leigh on Sea station with renderings of popular, traditional carols and the Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah. The commuters dug deep into their pockets and we raised £470.00 for the RNLI. The choir enjoyed it, the commuters enjoyed it and the RNLI were grateful recipients.
£460.32 was collected for R.N.L.I.
The 2016 Open Day took place at the Cliffs Pavilion, Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea.
This was a chance for member groups to “take a table” and enjoy an exciting day meeting other groups, promoting their events and recruiting members to their own group or society.
It was a full day with the Open Day open to the public between 10am – 4pm..There was much interest shown about the choir and a number of people expressed interest in joining us later in the year.
Thanks to all the Choir members and patrons who supported manning our display.
In aid of St Luke’s Hospice. £110 was raised.
Each year at Christmas, on one evening, Southend Bach Choir serenades travellers returning home to Leigh Station, with Christmas Carols.Donations are collected for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). This is followed by a visit to Elizabeth House to sing carols to the residents.
This November, the choir were invited to sing carols to shoppers in the busy Royals shopping centre in Southend whilst raising money for the Southend Hospital Keyhole Cancer Appeal. Passers by were treated to a mixture of carols, as part of the Choir’s festive season which included the BBC Essex recording of their Christmas Celebration along with annual performances at Leigh Station (collecting for the Southend RNLI) and Elizabeth House.
The Choir held a different kind of social evening this autumn at St. Saviour’s Church Hall in Westcliff-on-Sea. With the help of Mark Stacey from Stacey’s Auctioneers, guests were invited to bring along an item to be valued. Mark entertained us with stories of interesting and amusing auctions and offered his advice on everything from jewellery, books, glassware and medals. Cheese and wine accompanied the evening, and a great time was had by all. A big thank you to Mark Stacey for hosting the night!
Thank you to all those who took part in our fundraising carol singing at Leigh Station this year. We raised a total of £523 for the Southend RNLI!
We also visited Elizabeth House (Eastwood), Palmerston House (Westcliff-on-Sea) and Furzefield (Leigh) throughout December to sing carols to residents which they very much enjoyed.