Show Choir Greatest Hits!
Happy New Year from all of us at Bristol Show Choir! We hope the start of your 2022 has been a corker!
Back in December, all of us at Bristol Show Choir reunited for our first public concerts in two years with support from the brilliant Kilkenny Bay Steamers and The Key Note Voices. We were overjoyed to be back singing to audiences once more, especially after coming through the challenges that the pandemic presented for us a choir, and more widely, the theatre industry that we all treasure and celebrate with what we do. During those concerts, we were proud to be raising money for the work of Changes Bristol, who do brilliant work supporting adults struggling with their mental health.
With help of the kindness and generosity of our audiences, Bristol Show Choir raised a wonderful £595 for the charity. Here’s the best part though, as part of “The Big Give”, the funds were able to be doubled to an incredible £1,190!
We were delighted to support such a worthwhile cause and help take them closer to their target of £6,000, which covers the cost for them to run a peer support group for an entire year.
It was an lovely note to end the year on, and filled us with energy and joy to look ahead to what the new term has in store for us, and boy oh boy have we got a term in store! For starters, Bristol Show Choir are turning five! And in honour of our fifth birthday, we’re revisiting 10 of our “Greatest Hits”!
We gave every cast member the opportunity to vote for their top ten favourite ever Show Choir arrangements old and new, to find out which ten songs would make up our repertoire this term. We received over 100 responses, and it was really heartening to see our cast members be so excited about having their say and what the results were going to be.
So without further ado, Show Choir’s GREATEST HITS are…
🌟 Moana Medley from Moana 🌟
🌟 Welcome to the Rock from Come From Away 🌟
🌟 You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hansen 🌟
🌟 He Lives In You from The Lion King 🌟
🌟 For Good from Wicked 🌟
🌟 Hello! from Book of Mormon 🌟
🌟 Hamilton Medley from Hamilton 🌟
🌟 Bring Him Home from Les Miserables 🌟
🌟 You Can’t Stop The Beat from Hairspray 🌟
For purposes of the blog, these are written in no particular order, but for those of you who enjoy stats, the Moana medley and “Welcome to the Rock” tied top of our poll with 52 votes a piece, and every voter got at least one of their choices in the Top Ten!
Stay tuned for future blogs where we’ll delve a little deeper into each of these songs, their shows, and how we sprinkle that special Show Choir magic into our renditions…