Recent Events in 2023
Joint concerts on 3rd and 4th November with our visitors from Southern France:
Choeur de Tourrettes-sur-Loup
This is the article recently submitted to the Sussex Express:
From 1st-5th November, local choir Ashdown Singers hosted a very successful exchange with Choeur de Tourettes-sur-Loup from the south of France.
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On Thursday, the visitors braved storm Ciaran for a visit to Brighton, where a French-speaking tour guide showed them around the Royal Pavilion and some of the tourists enjoyed their first taste of fish and chips.
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Friday saw the group admiring the wonderful autumn colours of Sheffield Park gardens – luckily the sun came out to really show off the beautiful park, which one visitor later described as a ‘firework park’ due to all the vibrant reds and yellows!
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On Friday and Saturday evenings, both choirs combined for two very successful concerts, in Uckfield’s Holy Cross Church and St John the Baptist in Ripe respectively.
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The visit concluded with a lovely meal at the Yew Tree Inn at Chalvington, where the staff and regulars were treated to a rousing rendition of a French drinking song based on a medieval dance.
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Ashdown Singers look forward to keeping in musical contact with this lovely group of likeminded people in the future. There is even talk of a return visit! If that sounds appealing to you, please do get in contact with us at ashdownsingers@gmail.com as we are always looking for new members to join our friendly choir.