Centenary Concert

Croydon Advertiser 7 November 2014

Croydon Advertiser 7 November 2014

The Centenary Chorus at rehearsal

Scottish Britannia

Viking Britannia with attendant

Britannia

Coulsdon Youth Choir

Opening of the Royal Letter

Philip Corney with the message from the Queen

The Centenary Chorus

The Centenary Chorus from balcony

Balloon time

Presentation to Steve and Jo

Steve Bowey, Organist

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Reviews

A week on and I still feel elated from the fantastic concert last weekend. I was so pleased to be invited to sing, thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the whole evening not to mention catching up with former fellow choristers and savouring some scrumptious food too. Great to see all the photos reflecting the vibrancy and atmosphere of a very memorable occasion. Andrea Bessant

CONGRATULATIONS! It was great to be there on Sunday evening to help celebrate the Centenary of your church. The concert was absolutely great and we loved the music, What a lovely surprise with the Proms ending!! Your youngsters did so well! Bravo for your own beautiful compositions! The Centenary Chorus certainly produced a wonderful voluminous sound! A really great evening of entertainment all round! Jill McGuire

Very many thanks for a really splendid concert – great fun for us and a lovely sing, and good reunions with old friends, plus a very well planned programme for the evening. Juliet Field

It was a great evening. Thanks for all the work you put into it. Well done everyone ! Steve Bowey

The concert was fantastic, great fun and I was hugely impressed! Anne Tholen

I came to the Centenary concert at St Andrews last Saturday and just wanted to say that my friends and I thought it was fantastic we really enjoyed the range of music (and the buffet afterwards :-)) Paula Gater

Thank you so much for all that you did before and on Sunday. I hope you were pleased with the way everything went.
I enjoyed most of it especially the choral singing – even sight reading your Jubilate which is lovely and I hope we hear it frequently. Thank you also for the roses. love, Mollie (Britannia No.1)

It was a brilliant evening and far exceeded my expectations; well done to Jo and everyone involved. Peter B

Congratulations, a super evening. Well done to everyone. Cynthia S

Really great concert, much enjoyed. Many appreciative comments. Jenny B

It was a wonderful concert, well planned and beautifully carried out. Well done, I hope we have more. Rosemary A

Anyone else wake this morning to find they couldn’t actually function?!!!!! Had a fantastic time yesterday – hope you all did. It was a great success and everyone – especially Jo – is to be applauded! Karen B

Seconded xx what an exhilarating evening. Spontaneous helping of the male part of O thou the Central Orb “come quickly come …” made for an interesting school run this morning! THANK YOU Jo. Audra P

Agreed – what a great community event. Huge congrats to Jo. Alan and I feel very lucky to have landed up at St Andrew’s ! A triumph, last night, Jo. Ann H x

Just to support all the comments so far! It was wonderful to see the church so full and so joyous – everyone enjoying the music and the fun. Thank you so much Jo for all your planning and organisation. A really memorable occasion. Thanks too to Sheila and John for such a tremendous spread. Ann W

I agree with all comments – in particular, Jo’s enormous and vital contribution; would be good to acknowledge and celebrate this at Choir Practice on Friday. John Linney

Thank you for a wonderful concert, it must have been hard work bringing it all together. The children were very good and looked as though they were really enjoying themselves, it might encourage their friends to join. I know it would not have been possible without the support of our choir. Please thank them again. Well done Susan G

It was a marvellous evening and everyone I spoke to said the same and it was not what they had expected. The ideas were fantastic and must have taken a lot of hard work. As I said before, we are very lucky at St. Andrew’s. Marie L

Am just writing to say how much my husband and I enjoyed the concert – it really exceeded our expectations. There was so much variety and not a few surprises! We are very privileged to have you at St. Andrew’s Keep up the good work! Di George

Just to say thank you for a fantastic evening, we all really enjoyed it. Paul says he feels like he’s had a night out at the proms! 🙂 Caroline G (my next door neighbour)

Jo….a really fantastic evening of entertainment well done !!!!! Millie loved it Carole and Kevin Sadler (CYC parents)

I am writing to thank you for helping to make last weekend at St. Andrew’s such a memorable experience for me, and I am sure many others as well. I must admit that I wondered beforehand whether the centenary concert would come off as planned, and I am really pleased that it turned out to be such a success, and such an exuberant experience in front of a full house. I shall not quickly forget the experience, nor the poignant Saturday evening All Soul’s Service and the main Centenary Eucharist on Sunday morning. Martin Jones

Thanks so much to everyone for being a part of this special event! Jo x

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