Tickets are £15 for adults and £10 for under 16′s and are available by calling 01293 447376 or by emailing fundraising@stch.org.uk

Their fantastic performance of the “Dixieland One Step” and “I Never Meant To Fall In Love” amazed the audience and judges alike.  They scored 623 points out of a possible 800, putting them 8th in the queue for a wildcard place to Hawaii.
But the celebrations didn’t stop there!
Surrey Harmony are thrilled to congratulate Echo for their superb performance which clinched the gold medal in the Quartet competition.  Echo’s Baritone, Beckie Puncher, is a member of Surrey Harmony, and their Tenor, Karen Riley, performed with the chorus on stage in Houston.  It’s the first time a quartet from Surrey Harmony has won the gold and the chorus are delighted they will be heading to International Competition in Denver, in October.

And there’s more!  Any disappointment at coming second (and not first… grrr) was quickly banished when the gold medal was awarded to our friends in Viva Acapella!  Viva Acapella raised their score a massive 110 points on last year’s, and bagged both the Small Chorus Gold as well as overall Gold.  They have qualified for both the Harmony Classic and the main chorus semi-finals in Hawaii in October 2013.  We are so thrilled for them!  Not least because four of our members sing with Viva Acapella as well as Surrey Harmony.  Congratulations must go to Irene, Mary, Fi and Lindsey who had less than 15 minutes to change from their Surrey Harmony costume to their Viva Acapella outfit.  Clothes, shoes, eye shadow, lipstick and even nail varnish all needed swapping in the time it takes most of us to apply just one.  Now that deserves a medal!

You can watch our Silver medal winning performance, by clicking the Video below.

Next month the chorus is competing at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham, where, should they bring home the gold medal, they will get a chance to travel to Hawaii for the International Finals next year.

The Miller Centre concert saw four new girls join the chorus ranks for the first time in front of an audience. Natalie Guest, Christina Smith, Andrea Lawson and Lorna Easthope are Surrey Harmony’s latest recruits and were excited to be able to take part. Natalie said “It was a really fun evening, the audience was lovely and it was great to be able to try out our competition package in front of an audience before Birmingham”.

and he’s brought his gold medal!

A concert by the Ukulele Orchestra is a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment featuring only the “bonsai guitar” and a menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and toe-tapping oldies.

So dust off the hamper and roll out the rug and bring the family along on the 18th August for what is going to be a highlight in the Surrey Harmony Calendar.

Gates open at 5pm, Surrey Harmony will be on stage at 7pm.  The evening ends with a fantastic firework display at 10.30pm.

Tickets are £29 when booked in advance, £19 for 13-17 years, 12′s and under get in free.

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The show starts at 8pm.

Tickets:- £10 available now from www.millercentretheatre.org, from box office in person or tel 01883 349850

Box office and phone bookings weekdays from 10am – 4pm, Saturdays 10am- Noon and show evenings from 7-8pm.

Sweet Adeline’s are running a “global open house” event at the start of the year, and as part of that, Surrey Harmony are opening their rehearsal doors to potential new members every Wednesday in January.  We’ve been delighted to welcome 3 new singers onto the risers recently; Lorna, Andrea and Natalie.  So if you’ve made it your New Year’s resolution to find time for yourself, pop along to our next rehearsal, details of which can be found on our join us page.

January is always a great time to join the chorus, as we begin our build-up to regional competitions in May.  It gives you plenty of time to learn the two competition songs and be ready to join us on stage in Birmingham.

An important part of our preparation is our coaching weekend in March and this year’s looks to be a corker.  Surrey Harmony are delighted to welcome back Jim Arns as the coach who will whip us into shape.  In October 2011, Jim led his chorus, the Melodeers, to their 6th international gold medal in Houston, Texas.  The Melodeers are the only chorus to win gold 6 times and we think this qualifies Jim as possibly the best Director in the world!  We can’t wait for March, when Jim sprinkles some of that Chicago magic dust in Coulsdon.

Surrey Harmony are also proud to be supporting some great local charities this year with performances that will dazzle!   The Chorus are very excited to be taking part in a picnic concert at Loseley House on the 18th August, in support of Shooting Star CHASE.  The charity runs two hospices in Hampton Court and Guildford, and provides care and support for over 500 children, teenagers and their families living in much of London, Surrey and West Sussex.   Surrey Harmony will also be performing a show in Warlingham in aid of St Catherine’s Hospice on the 14th September.  St Catherine’s provides end of life care and support for local people and their families from Surrey and Mid-Sussex. Many of us know someone whose life has been touched by St Catherine’s, which is why Surrey Harmony are thrilled to be supporting them once again.

We’ll have details of how to get tickets to these fantastic singouts, plus news of a Caterham performance that may just fool you this April, in the coming weeks.

Surrey Harmony are also proud that Sheila Doherty has been appointed as the RMT Team Coordinator for Sweet Adeline’s in the UK and Netherlands.  We wish her all the best in her new role which she takes over in February.

Surrey Harmony will be carolling at the Whitgift Shopping Centre in Croydon on Sunday 11th December from 3pm to 4.30pm.  We are delighted to be singing and raising funds for the Royal Marsden Hospital,  so please pop along while you fill your stockings and join in with some festive fun.

And once all the festivities are over for another year, and you turn your attention to 2012, why not think about starting that new hobby or finding some ‘me’ time in your busy life?  We’re always on the lookout for new members, and   January 2012 is scheduled as the Sweet Adelines International Global Open House event.  What better time to drop-in   to one of our rehearsals on a Wednesday evening in Coulsdon and join in the fun of being in Surrey Harmony Chorus!

Rehearsals start again on Wednesday 4th January.  If your New Years resolution is to find some “me time” see the website ‘Join Us’ section for more information.

With a couple of months’ planning behind us, a fantastically fun evening ensued with a blend of vocal and physical warm-ups followed by some quick-fire learning of three of our repertoire songs; Sisters are doing it for themselves, Hallelujah and I feel the Earth move.

Our Lead section swelled for the evening to include all those who had joined us for a taste of singing acapella barbershop-style – and they did a grand job!  Never content to go for the easy life on the risers, our ‘newbies’ were also introduced to the fine art of facial emoting, lifted palates and, of course, a smidgen of choreography.  With over one hundred on the risers this was easier said than done, but no lives were lost and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the experience!

We’re excited to have played host to so many keen visitors and were very proud to polish the evening off with a performance of two of our competition songs for them; If you love me and Dixieland Onestep. We’re so looking forward to welcoming visitors back to further rehearsals and, hopefully, to them joining us as we start working towards regional competition in Birmingham, in May 2012.

If you couldn’t make our Open Evening, remember we’re always on the lookout for fabulous new members – check out our Join Us page to find out more about where and when we rehearse, and for details of who to contact if you want to know more before you drop-in to see us.  We hope to see you soon!

It’s all taking place at the Purley United Reform Church, 906 Brighton Rd, Purley, Surrey. CR8 2LN