Bonjourno our fine Inspire friends and family! We hope you’ve had a most marvellous week – we sure have! And there’s a double dose of our blog this week for your delight and delectation with guest blogger Lizzie James telling us all about the Admiral choir’s experience at the IOD lunch we mentioned in our last blog.
The IOD lunch was a screaming success from a business point of view. We met lots of new companies who loved the choir and are interested in letting us help them with their team building needs. Thank you to the IOD for a great opportunity.
Now here’s what Lizzie had to say on the matter:
Singing in front of the crème de la crème of the Welsh business world…no mean feat! Particularly as the audience would include Ruth Badger of “The Apprentice” fame. But the choir really rose to the challenge. Despite being on stage for only a matter of minutes, we definitely made an impact on a somewhat sombre group of businessmen and women.
The choir kicked off with the mighty “Somebody to love” (a personal favourite!) which really surprised and pleased the audience. This was followed by a rendition of the theme tune to TV’s “Wonderwoman” (learnt in two rehearsals no less) which despite a slight hitch with the opening few bars, went down a treat, particularly with The Badger herself, who looked delighted.
For a number of people this was their first gig and by all accounts they really enjoyed themselves. We just seem to be going from strength to strength and the gigs just keep coming!
Lizzie James
A happy happy happy belated Birthday to our very own Georgina Jones who was 32 years old on September 21st. Suffice to say we celebrated in style!
The Born Free medley harmony recording for the 25th Anniversary gig in the Royal Albert Hall has been completed and it’s fan blinkin tastic!! We are very proud of it – a massive thanks to Dave the composer for all his hard work in putting this together.
And more Born Free news – Sing and Inspire has been invited to the 25th Anniversary celebration global press call on the 7th October outside the Albert Hall. There will be lots of celebs there promoting this worthwhile charity.
We attended a lovely Rising Stars dinner on Tuesday night and Andrea was one of the 25 stars! To us she was the only star in the place. We had a great night and again made some good contacts within the local business community. The event took place at the Park Hotel in London, it was a grand affair and well worth the trip to the big smoke.
Finally, more fantastic publicity for both Admiral Insurance and Inspire – Admiral has been contacted by BBC Wales news asking about the choir! They are going to cover the story and interview some members of the choir as well as one of the Inspire girls. We’re putting on our Sunday best for this performance.
That’s the news for this week folks, we hope your week has been as fantastical as ours and next week is even better!
