Four Sell Out Shows with the Rockies.

What a ten days it has been.  Four Rock Choir shows all sold out.  280 choir members performed in front of a collective audience of over 1000 people. We have raised the best part of £7500 for local charities that are close to the hearts of the choir members. It has been an absolute pleasure to sing in such beautiful venues with great acoustics in front of wonderful audiences. All four Rock Choirs really stepped up to the mark and performed brilliantly and with such life, vigour, excitement and emotion.  Top job!  I really do have the best job in the world.

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South Devon Rockies Rocking Totnes!

Totnes Christmas Market 2023. Totnes is a very special town in South Devon that creates it's own wonderful unique atmosphere all year around but particularly at Christmas. We love singing in Totnes. Well done everyone for a thoroughly festive and musical evening. #plymouth #torquay #teignmouth #newtonabbot

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Rock Choir Christmas Show Tour 2023

Plymouth December 2nd 2023.  The first of four sell out charity Christmas shows in South Devon. A great first show in front of a lively and appreciative packed audience of well over 500. The Plymouth rockies were on fire and sang brilliantly.  The programme included a mix of Rock Choir classics like 'Sweet child of mine' and 'Going Loco down in Acapulco' and Christmas belters like 'I wish it could be Christmas everyday. £3000 raised for local charities.  Great night.  Next stop... Torquay on Monday.

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'Singing in the rain' in Plympton.

Gig number three this weekend - certainly a challenge for all concerned. Plympton Christmas Fair - Singing in the rain! Well done to everyone for singing so well and with such professionalism. The small audience very much appreciated the show. Well done everyone and a special well done to those Plymouth Rockies singing at their first gig today! You were fabulous. I hope that you have all dried out now!

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Rocking Teignmouth Lights 2023.

A big Rock Choir weekend this weekend. Saturday night, gig 2 - Teignmouth Christmas Lights 2023. Always a lovely gig with a very appreciative crowd. The weather was kind and festive. Teignmouth Rockies - you did us all proud. You sounded awesome and looked very smart and professional. Well done everyone but especially well done to the large number of Teignmouth Rockies performing at their first gig - you were brilliant and I hope you enjoyed the experience and are ready for more!

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Plymouth Rockies Rocking Ivybridge!

Ivybridge Christmas Festival Miss Ivy Events Rock Choir First gig of a very busy Christmas schedule this year. We love it! What a cool thing to do - go to a festive Christmas fair and entertain everyone and put a smile on everyone's face. That is the power of music and the power of singing. Well done Plymouth Rockies you were fantastic!

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Do we need to move into Rockbeare Manor?

This weekend we played for a beautiful wedding at Rockbeare Manor. Not only did we play Pachelbel’s canon for the bride and bridesmaids entrance, but we also played Katy Perry’s Firework for the very exuberant entrance of the flower ‘man’.
I wonder what the most popular wedding entrance music is? What did you make your entrance to at your wedding?

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5* Bovey Castle Solo Wedding.

I have just played at a cosey autumnal wedding at one of my favourite venues @boveycastlehotel. Very traditional feel with the bridal chorus and the wedding March and some Bridgerton in the middle. Always a pleasure to play at Bovey Castle.

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Solo @ St Elizabeth's House, Plympton.

Beautiful September wedding at St Elizabeth's House in Plympton. A more contemporary theme today with some Rihanna and Florence and the Machine with Elton John sandwiched in between. #musiciandevon #weddingviolinist #dawlishfiddler

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EVSQ play at a 'D and D' themed wedding.

Our job is such a privilege; playing in beautiful places, meeting lovely people and taking part in the most intimate and important day of a couples life. What a wonderful day we had yesterday playing for James and Ella’s Dungeons and Dragons wedding day at Natsworthy Manor near Widecombe on the Moor. It was certainly a day to remember.

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EVSQ at The Grand Hotel Torquay.

A new venue for us this weekend at The Grand Hotel in Torquay by the sea. The wedding ceremony pieces included Pachelbel’s Canon in D for the brides entrance, What a Wonderful World and All I Ask of You for the signing and then L-O-V-E for the bride and grooms exit music. We then played a variety of classical and pop for the drinks including the bride and grooms special request of La Vie en Rose. We even played Tale as old as time and Toxic-you can’t say we’re not versatile!

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Back to Rockbeare for solo summer wedding.

Absolutely fabulous wedding today at Rockbeare Manor which is rapidly becoming my second home. A lovely couple and wonderful guests who were so grateful for my music. Lots of smiles and happy people with a bit of dancing in there as well. I played All I ask of you for the brides entrance followed by Hold my girl and Can’t help falling in love with you for the signing and a bespoke arrangement of Forever by Chris Brown for the exit music. This was followed by an hour of pop and rock tunes to accompany the drinks reception.Lovely summer wedding. Congratulations!

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Rock Choir sing at Goodrington Paignton.

What a great way to end our very busy summer of gigs all over South Devon. This was our first visit to Goodrington for the Lions Charity Fun Day. The South Devon Rockies were on top form as they have been all summer. We coped admirably with a bit of rain as we lined up and guess what happened when we start to sing? Yes - the sun came out of course! Thank you everyone for being so professional this afternoon - you were brilliant! Rock Choir #torquay #newtonabbot #plymouth #teignmouth Paignton Lions Club.

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Violin Solos at a traditional Philippine Wedding.

Probably the most difficult gig in recent years for repertoire and timing. I played for a traditional Philippine wedding ceremony yesterday. Many parts of the service needed solo violin music to cover the silence. The music choices included Meditation, Salut D'amour, Canon, Pavane, Claire De Lune. All unaccompanied to allow for repeats and improvisations. It all went really well and it was followed by some electric violin upbeat tunes out on the deck at The Osborne Hotel. Wedding guests enjoyed dancing along. I had to be on the top of my game yesterday that's for sure!

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Back to Bovey Castle.

Lovely small intimate wedding today at Bovey Castle Music requests included Ed Sheeran Perfect, Can’t help falling in love with you, At Last, The first time ever I saw your face and Celebrate by Kool and the Gang. I also stayed and played for the drinks reception out on the balcony with the beautiful Dartmoor as the back drop. #musiciandevon #weddingviolinist #devonviolinist

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South Devon Rock Choir at Dawlish Carnival!

Dawlish Carnival 2023. This has to be one of our favourites gigs in the summer calendar. Always a special atmosphere in the town. Our South Devon Rockies were on fire today and sounded brilliant. Apparently we could be heard down by the sea! Thank you to everyone who sang their hearts out, thank you to those rockies on their first gig, thank you to those rockies who travelled long distances to be with us today and thank you Dawlish Celebrates Carnival for another fantastic event. #proudchoirleader #torquay #newtonabbot #teignmouth #plymouth Rock Choir.

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Double Wedding weekend with EVSQ.

Busy weekend with Exe Valley String Quartet. Saturday we played at Deer Park Country House and Sunday we played at Rockbeare Manor It was lovely having the chance to play through lots of our pop and rock repertoire. From Pachelbel to Coldplay, The Beatles to Ella Fitzgerald. #exevalleystringquartet #exevalleystringquartet #devonviolinist #musiciandevon

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Rock Choir Rocks Buckfast Abbey!

Buckfast Summer Fair 2023. What a fantastic afternoon that was. Buckfast Abbey is a gorgeous Devon venue with lovely helpful staff. There was a huge audience today who really appreciated our singing. I absolutely loved conducting you all today and I think we all gave it 100%. Great gig. South Devon Rockies take a bow! Great community gig - just what Rock Choir is all about!

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Solo Electric Violin wedding at Upton barn Collumpton.

Lovely wedding up near Collumpton yesterday. Upton Barn & Walled Garden. The bridal party came in to ‘The Better Half of me’ by Tom Walker. Slightly different arrangement this time as I improvised a subtle violin counter melody around the original acoustic version of the song. I had a good workout on my electric violin playing for almost three hours. Lovely wedding at a lovely venue. #weddingviolinist #musiciandevon #devonviolinist

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Exe Valley String Quartet in Poltimore.

We had the pleasure of playing at the beautiful Poltimore Church on Saturday. After a lovely wedding service the quartet played a variety of pop pieces at a private venue for the drinks reception. We finished the set with a rendition of Sweet Child O’ Mine including a fabulous improvised solo from Richard our 1st violinist.

 

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