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
Welcome to the website of the Good Afternoon Choirs. We now have 10 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.
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 and our newest Good Afternoon Choir started this September (2019) in Kingswood Community Centre called the South Gloucestershire Good Afternoon Choir and takes place on a Wednesday afternoon from 2-4pm.
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 and our newest Good Afternoon Choir started this September (2019) in Kingswood Community Centre called the South Gloucestershire Good Afternoon Choir and takes place on a Wednesday afternoon from 2-4pm.
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The Good Afternoon Choir head for Cornwall On Friday September 20th our Good Afternoon TOURING Choir will be setting out for Truro and a weekend of fun and music making. Gwyn and Margaret Rees with Alan and Sue Reed are already planning the party games as part of our Friday evening dinner and entertainment. Ben has his guitar packed and ready and Sandie will be our pianist. Two performances on Saturday - one in the afternoon in the splendour of Truro Cathedral and then a concert in the evening at the nearby Methodist Church with the Sing Choir - supporting Cornwall Hospice Care. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT WEEKEND! Please see our flyer below for more information. |
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STOP PRESS! our 10th Good Afternoon Choir - The South Gloucestershire GAC launched recently at Kingswood Community Centre - click here to find out more.
OUR FIRST GOOD AFTERNOON CHOIR CD IS NOW ON SALE
The CD was recorded at Clifton Cathedral during our BIG SING and choir members can pick up their copy from their choir rehearsal or if you are not a choir member and would like a copy, you can call Nikki on 01761 472468.
Below is a taster from the CD featuring all of our Good Afternoon Choirs and the Cameo Orchestra closing the evening concert with ...
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
WOW! What a day we had!
We were inundated with lovely comments following our BIG SING at Clifton Cathedral back in June this year (26th June 2019) - picture above. Below are just some of the lovely comments and a slideshow of pictures from the day.
"Congratulations and a huge thank you for such a brilliant Big Sing day yesterday. Such a phenomenal amount of organisation and planning went in to such a successful event. It was fun and lovely to meet friends or new choir members with a fantastic evening concert. Look forward to next year." - Ann, North Somerset GAC
"Thank you to the GAC team - their enthusiasm is infectious and went such a long way to making it a really memorable day for us. We have never sung with an orchestra before, or with so many people, and it is something we will remember for a long, long time. It was a wonderful day." - Sue and Alan, Devizes GAC.
"A BIG thank you to you, and everyone involved in organising the event. It was a happy enjoyable occasion!" - Mary, Bristol GAC.
"A big thank you to everyone involved in organising yesterday’s Big Sing at Clifton Cathedral. It was a really enjoyable, uplifting day; the Cameo Orchestra was an inspired choice and our performance of The Sound of Music with the orchestra will live in my memory for a long time!" - Sue, Thornbury GAC
"We had a great time - thank you!" - Barry and Jackie, Devizes GAC
"The organisation for yesterday’s fabulous event was mind blowing" - Sue, Thornbury GAC
"Congratulations on superb organisation." John, Bristol GAC
"Thank you all for a brilliant day’s singing - the tunes were running through my head all last night!" Jan, Thornbury GAC
"A Big thank you for yesterday's Big Sing. What a brilliant day we all had. The singing, the orchestra, all the choir leaders and their pianists gave us such a memorable day. Thank you all." - Liz, Devizes GAC
WOW! What a day yesterday? It was wonderful to be part of such a happy occasion. It was so uplifting and a real breath of fresh air." - Brenda, Bristol GAC
"The event was memorable!" - Olivia Green, Thornbury GAC
"The whole day was so well organised, the music was wonderful led by good conductors. So from me and my friends a very sincere thank you and here’s to the next time." Ann Tipping, Bristol GAC
"I'd like for you to pass on my personal thanks to the whole Good Afternoon Choir team and the Orchestra and leader for making yesterday such an enjoyable day." - Sheena, Bath GAC
"Thank you so much for all you did to make today such a wonderful day. It could not have gone better. Thank you again - we are so lucky to be able to be part of the GAC." - Jane, Thornbury GAC
"A superb and exciting concert, Grenville a million thanks!" Jenny, Bath GAC
"Congratulations and a huge thank you for such a brilliant Big Sing day yesterday. Such a phenomenal amount of organisation and planning went in to such a successful event. It was fun and lovely to meet friends or new choir members with a fantastic evening concert. Look forward to next year." - Ann, North Somerset GAC
"Thank you to the GAC team - their enthusiasm is infectious and went such a long way to making it a really memorable day for us. We have never sung with an orchestra before, or with so many people, and it is something we will remember for a long, long time. It was a wonderful day." - Sue and Alan, Devizes GAC.
"A BIG thank you to you, and everyone involved in organising the event. It was a happy enjoyable occasion!" - Mary, Bristol GAC.
"A big thank you to everyone involved in organising yesterday’s Big Sing at Clifton Cathedral. It was a really enjoyable, uplifting day; the Cameo Orchestra was an inspired choice and our performance of The Sound of Music with the orchestra will live in my memory for a long time!" - Sue, Thornbury GAC
"We had a great time - thank you!" - Barry and Jackie, Devizes GAC
"The organisation for yesterday’s fabulous event was mind blowing" - Sue, Thornbury GAC
"Congratulations on superb organisation." John, Bristol GAC
"Thank you all for a brilliant day’s singing - the tunes were running through my head all last night!" Jan, Thornbury GAC
"A Big thank you for yesterday's Big Sing. What a brilliant day we all had. The singing, the orchestra, all the choir leaders and their pianists gave us such a memorable day. Thank you all." - Liz, Devizes GAC
WOW! What a day yesterday? It was wonderful to be part of such a happy occasion. It was so uplifting and a real breath of fresh air." - Brenda, Bristol GAC
"The event was memorable!" - Olivia Green, Thornbury GAC
"The whole day was so well organised, the music was wonderful led by good conductors. So from me and my friends a very sincere thank you and here’s to the next time." Ann Tipping, Bristol GAC
"I'd like for you to pass on my personal thanks to the whole Good Afternoon Choir team and the Orchestra and leader for making yesterday such an enjoyable day." - Sheena, Bath GAC
"Thank you so much for all you did to make today such a wonderful day. It could not have gone better. Thank you again - we are so lucky to be able to be part of the GAC." - Jane, Thornbury GAC
"A superb and exciting concert, Grenville a million thanks!" Jenny, Bath GAC
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.
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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 ( including the celebrated Bath Male Choir) 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 almost 200 daytime FUN SING&SMILE sessions for isolated people. Grenville is pictured right with Rob Beckett who presented the popular BBC1 talent show 'All Together Now'. Grenville was one of the 100 judges kept under control by former spice girl Geri Halliwell. The series ran in March this year, 2019 and you may have spotted Grenville in the second row, pressing his red button (occasionally!) and joining in with some of the contestants.
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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 700 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
South Gloucestershire Good Afternoon Choir
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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