L&G NHS Choir
Nothing to fear, but…
by berberis on Feb.23, 2012, under Choir, L&G NHS Choir, Rehearsals, Sing While You Work
Thursday, 23th February 2012.
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“…if possible, please also send an audio/video clip of yourself singing.”
No. It isn’t. Thus I managed to avoided doing the one thing last Thursday that scared me. There wasn’t much I could do to avoid this…
“To Michelle,
GARETH MALONESING WHILE YOU WORK
CONGRATULATIONS!
We have had a huge response from people right across the Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust who want to be part of the workplace choir with Gareth Malone, and we are pleased to invite you to an audition on: Tuesday 28th February at 10.30am.
Your audition will take place in the former Children’s Surgical Ward, on the second floor of the Women’s and Children’s Wing (Green Zone), University Hospital Lewisham.
You will be auditioned as part of a larger group and the audition session will last around 1 hour. Please arrive 30mins before your time slot to register (i.e. you should arrive at 10.00am for 10.30am audition).
To confirm that you are available to attend your audition time please email lewisham.auditions@twentytwenty.tv by 2pm on Friday 24th February, 2012.”
I did, Eleanor. And it bloody did.
An Unexpected Journey
by berberis on Feb.14, 2012, under Choir, L&G NHS Choir, Rehearsals, Sing While You Work
Tuesday, 14th February 2012.
This turned up in my inbox at work today.
All staff: exciting opportunity to sing in new Gareth Malone BBC series
Do you love singing? Have you ever wanted to be in a choir? Whether you just sing in the shower or in public, here’s a chance for you to show off your singing talent and get to know your work colleagues better too, in a new BBC documentary series…
Gareth Malone from the hit series The Choir: Military Wives is filming a new documentary series for BBC2 about choirs in the workplace. We are excited that Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust is one of four organisations who will feature in the series, being made by Twenty Twenty Television.
The idea is to bring a bit of fun to the work place, give you a chance to get to know colleagues from different parts of the organisation and improve your singing too…
Gareth will be creating a choir from scratch inside Lewisham Healthcare over the next few months and he’s looking for anyone who enjoys singing. You don’t have to have any previous experience; you just need a voice and a love of singing. So, whether you’ve been on stage or just sing in the shower; whether you’re a natural performer or have always felt too shy to perform on your own, Gareth wants to hear from you.
To be considered, all you have to do is fill in the attached application form and send it via email/fax to Twenty Twenty Television no later than Monday 20th February 2012. If you don’t have access to email or fax, feel free to contact the Trust’s Communications team for help. All the information you provide on this form will be strictly confidential and will not be shared with Lewisham Healthcare without your consent.
Gareth Malone / Twenty Twenty Television will notify all those who have been selected for an audition. Auditions will take place on Monday 27th February or Tuesday 28th February. These will take about an hour each.
The formation, rehearsals and performances of the choir will be filmed over the next 3-4 months. You would need to be available for each and every session of a weekly choir rehearsal from around the end of February through to July. (Please note that there will be two rehearsals during the Easter holidays – on 12th and 13th April). And, if you’re selected for the choir, you will end up representing Lewisham Healthcare in a contest against three other company choirs from all over Britain, to find out which is the best choir.
The Trust will support all staff who wish to audition and will provide flexible working arrangements to allow all those selected to take part.
We have agreed not to publicise this externally, and it is very important that we keep this information confidential. Please don’t forward this application form internally or externally. No information regarding this series can be made public. This includes chat rooms, online postings, blogs, forums, internal networks and social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
Good luck!”
