Lyrical Voices will be singing their way into Spring when they visit Field Lodge Care Home in St Ives on  Wednesday 5th April.  The Choir will some of their own established songs along with music from the 1940’s;  when the residents can join in and have a lovely afternoon sing-a-long.  The residents really enjoy themselves and the proof is there to see as singing is healthy and fun, we can become more mentally alert and there is a release of pain relieving endorphins.  It can help reduce depression and anxiety and can improve our sleep.  No wonder our friends at Field Lodge love to sing with us as this is the one thing where feeling better is pretty much guaranteed.

For the second year running the choir have sung  again at the Ely Cathedral.  We were very honoured to sing in such a beautiful  Cathedral with the lighted Christmas Tree gloriously standing all of eighteen feet high. We sang a very pretty carol ‘Colours of Christmas’ words and music by John Rutter.  After the service the choir proceeded to the front of the Cathedral to serve warmed mulled wine,  coffee and tea and also a lovely mince pie to the congregation.  A suprise was in store though, with the choir suddenly bursting into song with a rendition of ‘Mozarts Mince Pies’ and donning their red and white christmas chefs hats, a great time was had by all.  After all the excitment, the choir enjoyed a really tasty and well presented Christmas Dinner in the Cathedral’s Almonry Restaurent.

Members of the Choir donning their Chef’s hats in readiness for their hilarious ‘Mozart’s Mince Pie Song. This song added a little light heartedness and fun for our audience.  We would like to thank Bethany Frances Care Home for welcoming us to sing to their clients and providing us with a festive sherry, or a nice cuppa.

Christmas really is just around the corner and the Choir are already rehearsing for this busy season.  The Choir will be singing Christmas Carols at the Bethany Frances Care Home in St. Neots on Tuesday  13th December at 2pm. Also the Choir is privileged once again to be able to sing at the Papworth Hospital Charity and Ely Cathedral Carol Service to be held in the Cathedral on Saturday 17th December at 11am, tickets available at the Charity Office, Papworth Hospital.  It is regret that the CFWI have now cancelled the ‘Christmas’ Cracker’ event  when the Choir would have been performing.

The Papworth and Elsworth WI  Choir have been actively involved  raising money for the Papworth Hospital Charity.  Previously we held a stall at the Queen’s Birthday Fete on the  Papworth Green selling £100 of their popular shop goods.  We followed this  with two more  stalls, one at St Ives Corn Exchange and another at the Huntingdon Race Course Car Boot  when we sold items  kindly donated by the Choir members themselves and a total of £305  was raised.  A big thanks to our girls for their generosity;  even Wood Green Animal Centre benefited with unsold goods dropped off on the way home.