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The new London Gay Men’s Chorus season has officially started, and it looks like it will be a good one. There’s a lot of activity going on at the moment… new starts, new repertoire to learn and new Production Managers! It’s all very exciting!

LGMC is spear-heading the Various-Voices London event which will be held at the London Southbank area during 2009, and this forms the main part of what the LGMC will be doing this season. We’ll also be taking the season’s repertoire to Helsinki for their Pride Festival. All very exciting!

Check out the link to the Various Voices website for more information, and I’m sure there will be loads more posts about what we’re doing to prepare for the performances.

Tonight I’ll be performing with my fellow London Gay Men’s Chorus members at The Shepherds Bush Empire for the Opening Ceremony of the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association World Championships 2008, which are being held right here in London.

It should be a really fab evening, just wish Bryan could have come as it means we’ll not be together on the Bank Holiday Sunday.

It should be really fabby! Here’s some details if you want have a look at the IGLFA World Championship Website…

I know this may be a slightly biased view when it comes to the Fringe and this particular performance… but I don’t care.

I was in Edinburgh on Business and couldn’t miss the chance to see Far From Kansas, the LGMC Commercial Choir, perform their show THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOMO. I’d missed the chance to see it performed at The Kings Head in Islington… so was really looking forward to it.

Well… I was not disappointed! The show was funny, well sung, well choreographed and had a glass of free champers to start it!

Of course I sat at the front, and a few of the chorus boys spotted me singing along to a few of the numbers I know… and yes… I sat on the Second Tenor side!

Hopefully the whole run has been a success, and I’d not have any trouble in deciding to go and see another one of their shows!

Well done boys! You’ve done us all proud!

We’ve all heard the hype and excitement about the release of Mamma Mia, the Movie. I went to see it tonight with one of my chorus friends and just wanted to comment about poor Pierce Brosnan. 

Pierce, hunny, sweetheart… stick to the action adventure movies. You were not meant to be singing and flapping about for us gay-boys! One word… ‘laugh-ability’… you had the whole audience in stitches when we really shouldn’t have been… especially in this scene:

Fabulous movie though… really recommend it. I’ll be going again with Bryan so he can see it as well.

I got this from the LGMC Discussion Group… I thought I should share it

As mentioned in one of my previous posts… the show Songs of Innocence & Experience went down a storm at Cadogan Hall. 

I just lifted this picture off the LGMC wensite (www.lgmc.org.uk). See if you can find me!

We’ve done two shows at Cadogan Hall, and when you count the number of standing ovations we got… total count is FOUR! Je Ne Regrette Rien went down a treat, and well, I have a feeling that I FEEL PRETTY will become a standard song in the chorus’ repertoire! 

Aparrently we also managed to reduce the Deputy Mayor of London to tears… as well as my sister! Strangely enough though, my sister was balling when we sang JERUSALEM. I accept we sing it beautifully (no rugby here!), but I wouldn’t cry!

There was only one cringey part in the whole show. One of our small group songs “OH ROSE THOU ART SICK” had awful images of cruising boys being projected up onto a thirty foot screen behind the main chorus. Yeah… odd!

Anyhoo… I’d like to thank Mark, Anne, Samantha, (Sam’s friend), Simone, Raynee, (Raynee’s friend), Lesley (my sister) and of course my beloved Bryan for coming along on the Saturday night show to support me! I really appreciate it! Thanks also to my folks for raising your glasses high on the first night. I could feel you were thinking of me as I stepped onto stage for the first time ever!

BRING ON CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Tonight I perform with The London Gay Men’s Chorus at Cadogan Hall. This will be my first major concert with the chorus, and am I nervous… well… I’ve been to the loo about 10 times. I feel like a nervous puppy!

My parents even sent flowers from South Africa (THANK YOU!!!). They’re gorgeous! 

I guess that’s it, off to the hall I go. Warm-ups await!

We (The London Gay Men’s Chorus) performed at West End Live on Saturday the 21st June. It was a great show… and I just found that we’re on YouTube!

Check it out… and see if you can spot me!

Not many of you know this… but I am a member of The London Gay Men’s Chorus.

We’ve got a show coming up, and I think you need to get there! You can read all about it by going to either of these website!

The London Gay Men’s Chorus Homepage
Cadogan Hall Homepage

The shows are on the 4th & 5th of July 2008! Get your tickets now!!!!