Community Singing Evening sponsored by Trinity

We want to share our Singing Nights. 

Armchairs, sofas, a big TV screen for the lyrics, and playlists with themes, tea and cookies or squares (often home made), and good conversation with lovely company,

The reviews I wrote after each Thursday night always ended with "It was a lovely evening in lovely company."

This is what My Singing Night has evloved into, a comfy sing-along evening with friends. 

This is what we want to share. It's singing with a therapeutic, social, easy feel, without worrying about our voices, our timing and notes, reading music, or performing. We're singing purely for fun, and as a springboard to talking about all the big themes of life. We're recalling the past as we recall the lyrics and melodies of the songs of our youth. 

We started skipping learning the sheet music, or learning parts to hymns and praise team songs. We'd sing along with a video or recording of a few of the Sunday songs and then start singing pop songs from the past, and sometimes newer songs too, songs from playlists I (Renate) would prepare, mostly, but we would sometimes go off theme. At first, we met in the music room, and I used a projector for lyrics, and a speaker with my phone for the music. We moved into the Fellowship Room to take advantage of the large screen, and then the large TV there, once I figured out how to connect my iPad. 

We always talk about the songs and artists, memories, and themes. Our discussions about the songs mostly end up in themes of love, belonging, mental health, nature and God, and we often go off on tangents, sometimes personal. There is a spiritual element to our evenings as we experience beauty, joy, love, and connection. We always used to and often still take a break for tea and sweets where the conversation is mostly about Sundays or family things we had on our minds. Lately, we keep going, wanting to sing more.