Choir

Mj’s choir is a group that I joined so that I can use my singing skills again.

I miss singing either solo or in a group, so I googled choirs in my area and found MJ’s choir, which has been going for years…(how did I not know this before…)

Mj has a few choirs

• Brighton

• Hastings

• West London

• South London (this is the choir that I joined)

Eventhough I have a crazy funny personality I do have unconfident moments and I was abit scared about going on my own because I didnt know what to expect, but as I realise sometimes you just have to go for it because you can be pleasantly surprised…. (Feel the fear and do it anyway)..

It was a rainy day and I nearly changed my mind (gosh isn’t it annoying that its soo easy to talk yourself out of doing things) but then I remembered it was in a hall so “girl” just go….so I did.

The 1^st session is a free taster to make sure its the right choir for you… (then after it is £20 per month)..

When I arrived I was greeted by a lovely lady who asked if I was new and did I sing soprano or alto, (as I have already sung before these words were not foreign to me, sopranos sing the high notes and altos the mid to low notes). My voice can reach the high notes so I opted for soprano…

I sat in the back row with some ladies one whose name is Katherine a very nice retired lady…. I also met another lady who is the partner of MJ called Ginny.. They were very friendly to me and made me feel very comfortable.

Now I am not great with names and neither are these ladies so they came up with a way to remember which is to link our names with famous people, so they nicked name me Pamela Anderson (no I do not have her famous attributes lol!)… Katherine has been nick named Katherine Hepburn and Ginny is Ginny Weasley (she also happens to have red hair).. This has actually worked and helped me to remember their names and others too…

I did not know how many members there were in the choir and did not know what to expect, but when I saw the amount of chairs that had been laid out I was surprised…. Well it turned out to be about 100 people on the day (and the reason I know this is because a register is taken and MJ calls out the number)…

We sang a few songs and it felt great singing again with a group….

I had fun at the taster and def returned and am now a fully fledged member of MJ’s south london choir….

So just a reminder to everyone out there wanting to try something new….its great to try new things even if its abit scary because usually your imagination is worse than the actual reality……