Trinity Newmarket Singers

What a lovely time we had!  I love when we go off topic and search for songs that mean something to us at the moment. We did that a couple times today. Our theme was winter, and I have tons of songs on my list, but the world is a little distracting these days.  We had a good strong start with Let it Go, from Frozen. We watched a video with lyrics instead of just having the song play with lyrics on Apple Music. It was fantastic. I love that scene in the movie. So powerful. The song alone is powerful, but the beautiful animation and the icy scenery, the dress, the movement, gestures, everything was excellent. I was reminded of the song Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters, so we watched the official lyric video of that song too.  While we did sing a few winter songs, and talked about the wonderful feeling of flying weightlessly that we get when we're skating (like River) or skiing, or swimming. That wonderful feeling of being free and apart from our worries and our everyday live...

  What a severe winter we're having! Snow, frigid temperatues, more snow, and blizzards, and cold, cold, cold.  On one evening every February, people across Canada walk together to raise awareness, to show compassion, and to raise funds for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and the places that support them, especially at this time of year when being homeless can be deadly. Here's this from the CNOY website:        We walk through the cold and dark in February to declare our concern for people who have no home and take shelter in nooks and crannies.     We walk for those whose days are a battle to house and feed their families and whose nights are filled with fear and frustration.      We walk for those driven from home by violence and abuse. And we walk for people overwhelmed by isolation, guilt, and despair.     We walk humbly, realizing that anyone can lose their footing and then lose everyth...

What a lovely afternoon spent with lovely people, singing songs with a Winter theme! It's definitely wintry outside. Freezing cold, blustry, and I had to shovel the driveway this morning. We were warm and comfortable in the Fellowship Room, with tea and some sweet things that I had baked and frozen at Christmas for us, spicy and sweet.   My playlist is a varied bunch of stuff sometimes only loosely tied to winter. We listened to and sang with different versions of a few songs, settling on one vibe or another. With Baby, It's Cold Outside, we sang both and felt shocked at one (how was that okay?!!) and thoroughly enjoyed the other (young people are so much smarter). Robyn and I knew some of these songs very well, having sung versions of them with our choir. I used my old joke about loving bum-bums (actually do, though) when we sang Wintersong. Other songs we all knew well from hearing them on the radio. We enjoyed the Alicia Moffet version of Winter Wonderland because it didn...

  Snow Day! So sad that our first sing-along café is not happening this week.  Not unhappy to stay at home though. I love a snow day.   Next week we'll use our Winter Theme, but in the meantime, go ahead and do some singing on your own.  I recommend:  Let it Go from Frozen, by Idina Menzel She's So Cold , by the Rolling Stones Winter Winds, by Mumford & Sons  Winter Weather , by Benny Goodman and featuring Peggy Lee 

What a wonderful last gathering of 2025 we had!  We were a good-sized bunch and we did a good amount of singing with lots of good conversation too. The hour goes by too quickly. We hardly had time to nibble on the cookies and treats I brought.  Christmas music is always fun and meaningful and there are so many familiar melodies to sing! I still learn ‘new’ songs every year though, and always have songs on my list that are new to some people.  I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was recorded in 1953, but is new to some. Peter, Paul & Mary recorded Christmas Dinner in 1969. It’s a favourite of mine and Robin’s but one that you might not have heard. It doesn’t get played enough. That's Christmas to Me by Pentatonix is a new favourite of mine. Pentatonix puts a great new spin on old classics too.   There’s always a bunch of new versions of old classics. It seems that every big singer has to put out a Christmas album. Often a new version of an old classic becomes...

We continued with our Christmas theme and with Christmas baking. We added a fun Hanukkah song too. I brought a variety of baked and bought cookies, but we sang and chatted quite a bit so we didn't really make a dent in that tin of goodies.  It was a lovely hour well-spent.  We'll have more Christmas music and more holiday goodies next Thursday! Will we see you there? The first thing we did was watch a YouTube video that I mentioned last time. Here is a link.   For King and Country is an Australian-American contemporary Christian band, actually a duo of two brothers. The energy and power of their live version of The Little Drummer Boy is electrifying. I highly recommend watching it.  The next thing we did was to listen to and sing along with (as much as possible) the song Happy Hanukkah by Walk Off the Earth, featuring Scott Helman. It's got a fun and uplifting reggae feel, and a catchy chorus. We wondered about the lyrics: "I light up a flame in the name of the ...