Welcome to the Good Afternoon Choir website
Email: gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk Tel: 01761 472468
Meet our Good Afternoon Choir Music Team
Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/TheGoodAfternoonChoirs
Meet our Good Afternoon Choir Music Team
Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/TheGoodAfternoonChoirs
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Please note our choirs take a break for Easter - please check their individual pages for full rehearsal dates:
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2019 - A tale of two Cathedrals!
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Welcome to the website of the Good Afternoon Choirs. We now have 9 groups who are all detailed on this page. There are NO AUDITIONS and if you are reading this for the first time to find out all about us, then why not come along to your local Good Afternoon Choir all about us. There is no charge for your first visit and you will be able to meet the choir conductor and find out about the music we sing and the enjoyment we all get from singing and performing together. The two pictures above show on the left, Truro Cathedral - later this year between Friday September 20th - Sunday September 22nd, singers from across our Good Afternoon Choirs will head for Truro for our annual away weekend. The whole weekend is planned from start to finish and full details can be obtained from the office - gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk. On the Saturday evening we will join forces with local Sing Choir for a concert at Truro Methodist Church supporting the Cornwall Hospice Care and in the afternoon we will perform in the wonderful Truro Cathedral.
Our other picture on the right of course is Clifton Cathedral - our BIG SING this year will see members from across ALL Good Afternoon Choirs heading for Clifton for a packed day of singing and, in the evening, starting at 7pm, a free admission concert featuring the Cameo Orchestra. Choir members do not have to pay for the day (including the concert) and there are a LIMITED number of audience tickets available for the evening, priced £10 but these are selling out fast!
Our other picture on the right of course is Clifton Cathedral - our BIG SING this year will see members from across ALL Good Afternoon Choirs heading for Clifton for a packed day of singing and, in the evening, starting at 7pm, a free admission concert featuring the Cameo Orchestra. Choir members do not have to pay for the day (including the concert) and there are a LIMITED number of audience tickets available for the evening, priced £10 but these are selling out fast!
This year our 9 Good Afternoon Choirs have again each chosen the charity(ies) / organisations they would like to support during 2019. This may be through fundraising events, singing at concerts or collections taken at the end of the Christmas Carol Celebration and we hope to raise a good sum of money for all of them. The charities chosen are listed below:
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Last year the Good Afternoon Choirs raised a magnificent sum for local charities and this year each choir will select the local charity to support with concerts and other fundraising events. Looking back, our nine 2018 Christmas Carol Services were a huge success, supporting many charities. The total raised was £9,986.55 – what a fantastic result and thank you to you all for helping to make this possible!
Bristol raised a total of £254.05 for Southmead Hospital Kidney Appeal. Together with Thornbury GAC they raised an additional £1,298.20 for the Southmead Hospital Prostate Cancer Care Appeal. Thornbury took £465.40 at their Christmas collection and wonderful donors have matched the collection bringing the total to £930.80 to be split between Made a Mark Charity and Thornbury Stroke Group.
Frome raised a 2018 total of £833.45 for We Hear You Charity (WHY). Wells raised a 2018 total of £2932.79 for Hope for Tomorrow and their ‘Bumble’ Chemotherapy Bus Appeal. Keynsham raised £441.26 for Keynsham Mencap at their Christmas Concert and Yate & Chipping Sodbury raised £1,300 for Cancer Research UK with their Christmas concert and special concert in October.
North Somerset GAC only started singing together in September and raised £401.00 for Wellspring Counselling. Bath helped to raise £885.00 for the Peggy Dodd Centre in Bath and their work with people living with Dementia. Last but by no means least…Devizes raised £710.00 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance at their Christmas concert and a special concert back in April.
Bristol raised a total of £254.05 for Southmead Hospital Kidney Appeal. Together with Thornbury GAC they raised an additional £1,298.20 for the Southmead Hospital Prostate Cancer Care Appeal. Thornbury took £465.40 at their Christmas collection and wonderful donors have matched the collection bringing the total to £930.80 to be split between Made a Mark Charity and Thornbury Stroke Group.
Frome raised a 2018 total of £833.45 for We Hear You Charity (WHY). Wells raised a 2018 total of £2932.79 for Hope for Tomorrow and their ‘Bumble’ Chemotherapy Bus Appeal. Keynsham raised £441.26 for Keynsham Mencap at their Christmas Concert and Yate & Chipping Sodbury raised £1,300 for Cancer Research UK with their Christmas concert and special concert in October.
North Somerset GAC only started singing together in September and raised £401.00 for Wellspring Counselling. Bath helped to raise £885.00 for the Peggy Dodd Centre in Bath and their work with people living with Dementia. Last but by no means least…Devizes raised £710.00 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance at their Christmas concert and a special concert back in April.
"How Still We See Thee Fly" ... a memorable day was had by nearly 200 members of our Bristol, Thornbury and North Somerset Good Afternoon Choirs who sung under the wings of Concorde on Saturday December 8th. The event was arranged and conducted by Ben England who leads these three Good Afternoon Choirs. The picture at the top of our website shows our folks in the Concorde Hanger.
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Our picture above shows members from across the Good Afternoon Choirs on the fantastic Cornwall weekend in 2018 and you will see above that we are returning this year to Truro. The Good Afternoon Choir founder is Bath Music Man, Grenville Jones who is well known across the UK for his leadership of many choirs and as founder of the Golden-Oldies Charity. 'Goldies' as it is fondly known reaches out to thousands of older isolated people across England and Wales with his daytime FUN singing sessions. Grenville is pictured right with Rob Beckett who presents the popular BBC1 talent show 'All Together Now'. Grenville is one of the 100 judges who are kept under control by former spice girl Geri Halliwell. The new series runs in March this year, 2019 and you may spot Grenville in the second row, but will he press his red button and join in with the contestants?? You will have to watch to find out!
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Come and join us and have a Good Afternoon!
The Good Afternoon Choirs are a project led by Bath music man Grenville Jones - www.grenvillejones.biz where the accent is on social, singing for people who have afternoons free! Bath Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Thursday afternoon between 2pm - 4pm at the United Reformed Church, Argyle Street, Bath and the Devizes Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Friday afternoon between 2pm - 4pm at St Andrews Church, Long Street, Devizes. The Keynsham Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Wednesday afternoon at Keynsham Methodist Church, Charlton Road from 2pm - 4pm and the Bristol Good Afternoon Choir meets every Monday afternoon (excluding bank holidays) at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church from 1-3pm. The Yate & Chipping Sodbury Good Afternoon Choir runs every Wednesday 2-4pm at St Mary's Church, Yate and is led by Sian Walters. Thornbury Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Thursday from 1-3pm at Thornbury United Reformed Church, led by Ben. The Frome Good Afternoon Choir is led by Matt Finch and runs every Monday from 2-4pm at Holy Trinity Church and our Wells Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Tuesday
from 2-4pm at Seager Hall, Wells. Our newest Good Afternoon Choir - The North Somerset Good Afternoon Choir started in September 2018 and takes place every Wednesday 1-3pm at Nailsea Methodist Church.
The Good Afternoon Choirs are a project led by Bath music man Grenville Jones - www.grenvillejones.biz where the accent is on social, singing for people who have afternoons free! Bath Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Thursday afternoon between 2pm - 4pm at the United Reformed Church, Argyle Street, Bath and the Devizes Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Friday afternoon between 2pm - 4pm at St Andrews Church, Long Street, Devizes. The Keynsham Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Wednesday afternoon at Keynsham Methodist Church, Charlton Road from 2pm - 4pm and the Bristol Good Afternoon Choir meets every Monday afternoon (excluding bank holidays) at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church from 1-3pm. The Yate & Chipping Sodbury Good Afternoon Choir runs every Wednesday 2-4pm at St Mary's Church, Yate and is led by Sian Walters. Thornbury Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Thursday from 1-3pm at Thornbury United Reformed Church, led by Ben. The Frome Good Afternoon Choir is led by Matt Finch and runs every Monday from 2-4pm at Holy Trinity Church and our Wells Good Afternoon Choir takes place every Tuesday
from 2-4pm at Seager Hall, Wells. Our newest Good Afternoon Choir - The North Somerset Good Afternoon Choir started in September 2018 and takes place every Wednesday 1-3pm at Nailsea Methodist Church.
No Auditions - No Auditions - No Auditions!
There are NO AUDITIONS to belong to a Good Afternoon Choir and you do not have to worry about travelling to rehearsal in the dark. You will be home for the 6 o'clock news! The music varies from unison folk songs through to popular and well loved pieces in harmony. Reading music and previous choir experience is simply not important. Good Afternoon Choirs perform at concerts and enjoy music making and, making new friends. Membership is a termly fee to include music and all this will be explained on the member’s form when you come along to find out for yourself about the Choir in your area.
There are over 500 members in the Good Afternoon Choirs who enjoy concerts and also weekend tours as part of the choirs social calendar. The email address for all choir correspondence is gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk – there is no charge for attendance at the first rehearsal. Membership details are then available at each choir rehearsal room . Everyone is welcome. Membership is a termly fee to include music and all this will be explained on the member’s form when you come along to find out for yourself about the Choir in your area....
Bath Good Afternoon Choir
Devizes Good Afternoon Choir
Keynsham Good Afternoon Choir
Bristol Good Afternoon Choir
Yate & Chipping Sodbury Good Afternoon Choir
Thornbury Good Afternoon Choir
Frome Good Afternoon Choir
Wells Good Afternoon Choir
North Somerset Good Afternoon Choir
June 2 2018 - "A Great Day and Evening Concert!"
And this year, 2019 we head for Clifton Cathedral - see above.
...That was the message from Norma from our Wells Good Afternoon Choir following our hugely successful BIG SING at The Bath Forum on June 2nd. The pictures below are all taken on that day showing our many choirs singing as part of the afternoons event. "We enjoyed Saturday very much" - June, Bristol GAC - "A memorable day!" Liz, Devizes GAC - "A big thank you for a brilliant day" Geraldine, Keynsham GAC. "I had such a lovely time" Loretta, Thornbury GAC. "Great to sing with so many other people" Barry from Frome. "What a lovely time we had on Saturday." Janet from Yate & Chipping Sodbury. 'A great afternoon and evening.' Ann - Bath GAC.
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Grenville Jones is the project director. He is the man with a world-wide reputation for getting people of all ages to sing. If you are interested in one of Grenville's other choral projects then please contact him on choirs@grenvillemusic.co.uk
Make friends - enjoy singing? Have a Good Afternoon!
Make friends - enjoy singing? Have a Good Afternoon!
Email: gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk Tel: 01761 472468