Bognor Regis Springfield Choir performs at two nursing homes
The residents of the nursing homes in Bognor were treated to an hour of live music when around 25 young members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church came in early February to bring cheer and refreshment to these old peoples’ lives. The choir, after months of rehearsals, gave a pleasing performance that left the residents begging for more. Staff and residents were equally appreciative “They haven’t stopped talking about it since” said one of the staff, several weeks after the event. “When can you come back?”
So three months later during May, they did just that – the young people returned to Sussex Down Care Home, an ex-RAF home, set in the South Downs at Storrington, to perform again, with an increased repertoire of 15 songs. The choir sang a selection of well-known songs and hymns, which included many of the old favourites which they could – and did – join in with, such as We’ll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover, and hymns such as The Lord is my Shepherd and The Glory of the Lord. It was once again received with delight by residents and staff alike. After the performance the choir distributed bibles and gifts to many of the residents.
“It is so kind of you young people to come and sing to us oldies” was the comment from one old lady. “The music was wonderful. It’s made my week.” And it was an excellent opportunity for that most basic Christian practice of doing something for others. The short clip attached shows the choir in action – we hope you enjoy it!
GREAT I looooooooooooooooooooooove it
see a few familiar faces!!
well done folks..
The best ever! Very well trained and conducted!
pretty nice guys!!
nice 2 seeeee u again leana!
cool
about 90% of my blog posts never get allowed
great guys! 😉 keep it up…amazing singing for so few! amazing voices etc etc! & WELL DONE especially to Mr Clarke & those who sing solos!
Any chance you can make these recordings so we can download them?
who are the soloists??
Tra la la…!
the ‘socialists’?
dunno, ask someone else…
hey thats pretty good!….in fact its amazing!
Keep it up.
PS. jolly good solo’s…bet that was scary!
Fantastic singing you lot!:)
Keep it up!
Can we have the Himmelflugt recording. we have the words but we can’t ing them if we don’t have the recording.
I agree – please can we have a recording?
That was good!!!…… Awsome!!!……..gr8……. Love it…..
Hey, that’s a clever way of thikning about it.
Good job everyone – the soloists are awesome!!
Is there any way we could download the songs please?? thanks v much…
Awesome choir – go Bogo!! 🙂
wow keep it up guys
so few too
Hello All!
For those who are asking for words, we have published a pdf here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j84atav8444ws88/Springfield%20Gospel%20Choir%20-%20words%20for%20songs.pdf?n=201402435
I hope this helps!
Admin, please could you make this pdf a downloadable file from this webpage? Thankyou.
Have good days everyone!
Thanks but why isn’t there a recording of HIMMELFLUGT
Can we have the Himmelflugt recording please
please, what on earth is a ‘himmelflugt’?
The recordings you’ve got already are great – why do you need any more?
According to Google it’s Danish for soaring.
Absolutely beautiful! The singing and harmonies were magnificent. It moved me to tears. Fantastic idea to include the whole songs underneath. I particularly loved White Cliffs of Dover and King of Kings. Thank you so much!
Can someone help me please. Can’t seem to open up the 12 full songs beneath the article. Really looking forward to listening to them all.
There were working to start with but they seem to have seized up!
Doesnt appear i can fet any of the songs now… They were working last week, whats happened?? Be glad to hear them again.
I found this problem too, but usually only on Internet Explorer. If you download and use Google Chrome: (might need unblocked)
http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chrome/browser/
then they seem to work ok.
This is certainly an excellent rendition!
Sure thing they all enjoyed it, finally recognised the
choirmaster!!
Well done everyone.
THANK YOU!! Your singing is very uplifting and encouraging!