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50
Years of Brewood Singers...
Brewood
Singers are building on 50 years of singing in their 53rd year
with new members who joined during 2025 and always looking out
for new experiences in singing.
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Free Drop-in for Tenors, Baritone or Basses…
From September, Brewood Singers will be welcoming any tenor,
baritone or bass singers who would like to see what it's like
to rehearse with Brewood Singers to 'drop-in' on their rehearsals
on Thursdays 7:30 - 9:30 pm at St Dominic's School in Brewood.
Simply turn up or contact the secretary on 07900 693754.. We
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We
sing through Christmas 2025...
Christmas
was a busy, but wonderful time for us as we were asked to sing
in local pubs and a local golf club, which we very much enjoyed
- Singing in the community is an important part of what we do.
We also were so pleased to welcome Shropshire Brass Ensemble
as our guests at our annual Christmas concert at Brewood, in
the magnificent St Mary & St Chad Church. Once again we had
a sell out concert with an audience of nearly 250 people.
Here are some photos of some of our Christmas appearances as
well as a video on YouTube of
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Our Christmas Meal - The Three Hammers
Bar & Bistro
The Brewood Singers held their
annual Christmas meal recently (Feb 2025) at The Three Hammers
Bar and Bistro at Coven near Brewood. The Singers have held their
meal there for some years now and the conservatory there is ideal
- here is is laid out ready for us. We even had a personalised
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Christmas
Concert - December
2024
Once
again, the Singers were grateful to the people of Brewood, surrounding
areas & supporters from further afield for their wonderful
support. The concert was a sell out and a great success in all
respects. The retiring collection for Alzheimers Society collected
a wonderful total of just under £550 - the Brewood Singers
committee voted to round up the donation to £600 for the
cause.
The Singers were delighted to welcome Telford Concert Band as
their guests - the first time the band had played in Brewood-
although there were a number of players who had once played in
a concert with the Singers in 2003 when they were still at school
and played in the Abraham Darby Showband. Their conductor &
Head of music at that time was coincidentally conducting them
on this occasion - although he is not their regular MD. The band
played an entertaining and varied programme of seasonal music
to a very high standard- which had the audience rocking in the
aisles! They were enthusiastically received by the capacity audience
as were the Brewood Singers who sang traditional carols such
as Away in a Manger, Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing
as well as Christmas songs from films such as The Polar Express
and The Muppet Christmas Carol and Christmas pop songs which
featured Kazoos!
Future
2025 Events
The Singers are looking forward to their Come & Sing this March 22nd 2025 - Follow
this website for more details...
Our Summer
Concert
will feature the Gan Teideal Irish Folk Band on 5th July 2025
- Brewood Singers own fantastic accompanist Dom Treharne, leads
this band and we're looking forward to a great night! |
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 We are delighted
and excited that the producers of the spectacular tour of Back
to Bacharach have chosen Brewood Singers to join them on stage
for the last two songs of the evening - "That's What
Friends are For" and "Raindrops keeps falling
on my head."
The show
features west-end musicians who celebrate the music of the iconic
Burt Bacharach and features The Magic Moments Orchestra, BACK
TO BACHARACH celebrates the timeless masterpieces of Burt Bacharach
"The Hitmaker" behind one of the greatest American
songbooks of the 20th Century.
Burt Bacharach who together with Hal David, penned some of the
most memorable and iconic hits that stand the test of time.
Join us for an evening that celebrates all of his greatest hits,
throughout his incredible lifetime, including; Alfie, What
The World Needs Now, The Look Of Love, I Say A Little Prayer,
Close To You, Walk On By, What's New Pussycat, Always Something
There To Remind Me, Magic Moments, Raindrops Keep Falling On
My Head and many, many more… and tickets are selling
fast.
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Watch
the YouTube Video at the Grand Theatre... |
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Christmas
Concerts -
December 2023
Wow! It's been a great lead up to Christmas for us with lots
of enjoyable engagements.
This December we have sung our Christmas repertoire at South
Staffs golf club for an afternoon tea, at St Mary's Church in
Willenhall, The Oakley Arms in Brewood, The Bridge Inn in Brewood,
and our own Sell out concert in St Mary & St Chad Church
Brewood, with our guests Jackfield 10 piece.
We had a new carol written for us by our MD David S Brookes which
we have enjoyed learning and singing at our concerts and we have
had great reaction to our singing at all our appearances and
concerts. We are grateful to everyone for their support.
We held a raffle for the National Autism Society (there is a
Stafford Branch) for which with great generosity from our members
and audience at our annual Christmas Concert we collected £525.
Here are
a selection of photos of our various Christmas appearances.
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St Mary's
RC Church - Willenhall |
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Concert
at St Mary's Church in Willenhall - 20th May 2023
Brewood Singers had an enjoyable concert evening at St Mary's
Church Willenhall recently. The audience was very appreciative
and we had a good number. It was by way of an experiment at St
Mary's to see if a choir concert was something the congregation
would like - and we are pleased to say it was! We are asked back
this Christmas!
Concert
at Polesworth Abbey, Tamworth - 10th June 2023
A
full and appreciative audience heard Brewood Singers and guests
Polesworth Abbey Choir perform a wide range of music on a balmy
evening recently. Our Musical Director David S Brookes is also
Organist and Choirmaster at Polesworth Abbey so he conducted
both choirs, in separate performances and joining together to
sing several joint pieces. It was a lovely evening and made extra
special by being able to spend the interval in the delightful
garden drinking in the fragrances of the plants. Pictures show
members of Brewood Singers before the concert enjoying refreshments
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Come
& Sing success for Brewood Singers
As part of the 50 years celebration of Brewood Singers, we recently
held a 'Come and Sing' at St Dominic’s School in Brewood.
Around 40 members and guests of the Brewood Singers spent the
day learning and singing a variety of old and new music. We were
joined by local people from the Brewood and Coven area, Shropshire
as well as guests from as far as Birkenhead and Lincolnshire!
A great time was had by all - Here are a few photos of the day and videos
of us singing (to
follow).
During
the day memories of the Brewood Singers were shared as many photographs
and programmed from the Brewood Singers archives were on display
for people to look through. The
day was topped off when we all sang to an appreciative audience
of friends and family.
It was
also an occasion to show off the new roller banners, created
from our archives by Mike Coope, one of our basses and a talented
graphic artist. These were funded by the Community Council Rural
Development Fund for South Staffordshire.
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Our
busy Christmas...
Brewood Singers are delighted to start the singing year by reflecting
on the busy and successful Christmas season we’ve just had.
With capacity audiences at St Chad’s Church Pattingham -
Photos
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and at St Mary & St Chad Church Brewood - Photos
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together with performing for the staff at ERA at i54 for their
Christmas lunch, shoppers at Codsall & Wergs Garden Centre,
golfing Ladies at South Staffs golf club and a concert at Acton
Trussell Church... we've had a busy but fulfilling time!
January
has started with several enquires from potential new members
who want to come and try a taster with us on our regular Thursday
rehearsal evening. We look forward to meeting them.
We’re starting new music and pieces from our library which
hasn’t been out for some years. Included will be several
Disney songs this year as it’s their 100 years anniversary
and we couldn’t let it pass without celebrating some of
the great tunes to come from their films and shows.
We’re
planning a Come
& Sing
on April 1st... This is a chance for anyone to see what we’re
about and to enjoy a good day of singing.. details to follow.
Details
of our concerts are on our EVENTS page and we look forward to welcoming
audiences and new members alike.
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Support
from local councillors...
Brewood Singers are grateful to have received a grant of £175
from South Staffordshire Local Councillors Fund. The money has
purchased several stick stools to help those in the choir who
find it difficult to stand for long periods whist performing.
We are grateful to Councillors Mark Sutton & Victoria Wilson
for their support.
Update
for charitable giving...
Brewood Singers are pleased to have sent a donation of £300
to the Red Cross Ukrainian Emergency Appeal. This amount was
made possible using the proceeds of the raffle at our Christmas
concert in Brewood. This adds to the donation of £300 collected
for the same appeal at our Summer concert last year. Thank you
to all who donated prizes and purchased tickets. |
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House of Bread donation
At
our rehearsal on Thursday 27th January 2022, our Chair, Pat Mumford
presented a cheque for £338.26 to Will from the House of
Bread based in Stafford.
The money was raised at our Christmas Concert as a retiring collection,
and included a £50 donation from the church hire fee.
House of Bread is an organisation that supports vulnerable and
homeless people in Stafford and the surrounding area.
For further information, to donate or to volunteer, visit https://hobstafford.co.uk |
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Christmas success - 2021
We
were so pleased that we were able to present our Christmas concert
at St Mary & St Chad Church in Brewood on 20th December this
year. It was a nervous few weeks in the run up to Christmas as
we waited to see what would happen with the restrictions and
the new variant of Coronavirus.
We had done our risk assessment and worked with the Church authorities
to agree safe practices, and although things weren’t quite
as they had been in times before Covid we went ahead with tremendous
support from the people of Brewood and our friends from surrounding
areas.
We were thankful to the Brewood Bell Ringers who made a joyful
sound before the concert and welcomed people as they arrived.
The concert was a great success, quite emotional and filled with
music and wonderful feelings. Due to the pandemic and restrictions,
it was our first proper indoor concert since Christmas 2019.
The audience was larger than we had expected, with good numbers
coming and paying on the door as well as pre-sales of nearly
100- so the final audience figure was around 160 people. We welcomed
former member Luke Swatman who delighted us with performances
of musical theatre numbers as well as popular opera including
Nessun Dorma.
The audience reaction to the concert was wonderful and some of
the comments we received following the evening are quoted below.
We are indebted to the Rev Phil Moon and the Church Warden at
Brewood and especially John and Brenda Davies who had worked
with us to make the concert safe and helped it to happen.
As we had neither an interval nor a raffle (in order to reduce
risk), we held a retiring collection for The House of Bread in
Stafford and were delighted that people were generous and we
collected £338.
Comments
received about our Christmas concert...
“ A lovely evening ”
“ A wonderful evening ”
“ Great evening. Really enjoyed it.”
“ Fabulous night, I cried more than once. They were very
happy tears.”
“ We had a lovely evening. Thank you and a Merry Christmas
everyone.”
“ So pleased you are all back together singing at Christmas.”
“ It was a beautiful concert and all of us loved it very
much. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas! ”.
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- St Mary's & St Chad's Church, Brewood 20th December 2021 |
Our
Christmas Song 2021
From our
Christmas Concert in Brewood Church - 20th December 2021
'The Song of the Angels'
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Brewood Singers,
who meet at St Dominic's School, Brewood.
Pictured front are John Burns and Donald Charnell with fellow
members...
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Up and
down the country choral groups were forced to cancel rehearsals
and performances and practice by themselves at home.
But now
they have reunited to sing their hearts out together once more
and prepare for the busy festive season.
Among
them is Brewood Singers, a SATB - soprano, alto, tenor and bass
- choir of around 30 people that has been running for approaching
50 years.
The choir
is busy rehearsing for its Christmas concert which will be held
at St Mary & St Chad Church in Brewood on Monday, December
20.
Express &
Star December 2021
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'The
Song of the Angels' video used in two Christmas church events |
St
James Church, Acton Trussell
The virtual performance of David's carol 'The Song of the Angels'
performed by members of the Brewood Singers was used as the finale
piece at a virtual Carol Concert organised by the Acton &
Bednall Men's Society and held at St James Church, Acton Trussell
on Wednesday 16th December 2020. People were able to watch the
excellent concert using a Zoom connection. |
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Joseph's Church, Wolverhampton
The same virtual performance of David’s carol 'The Song
of the Angels' also contributed to the Christmas Eve Mass at
St Joseph’s Church, Wolverhampton. Father Craig asked if
he could use it and David agreed. It was used during Holy Communion
across the four Churches of the St John Henry Newman Cluster
including St Joseph’s and to an online congregation. |
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The
'Song of the Angels' video has been viewed to date by over 1400
people. (28.12.2020) |
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