Return of the Wonder (Happy New Year and all that jazz)

It's been a while. Two months or thereabouts since I touched this blog, since I gave you guys something new to read on here. Well, I'm back! And even though this may well be the last post I write about Wonderstruck, I'm going to carry on writing this thing. Let's call it social journalism. Let's …

Once more unto the song, dear friends…

A little late with this one, I know, but things have been so hectic recently that now is the first chance I've had to write about Monday. And now I'm killing time in Central again before rehearsals for the keen Guerrillas, but Monday night was the last full choir rehearsal before the dress. Did you …

Another thing entirely.

This is just a thought. A few thoughts, strung together by a brilliant idea - one I cannot lay claim to myself. It is no news at all that Wonderstruck has worked wonders for me over the past week. I have waxed lyrical about the power of song in my posts on here, but on a personal …

Singing for Adventure.

It's Friday, and in exactly one week, it will be the dress rehearsal for Wonderstruck. Just one week. It doesn't seem too long ago that we were at the first workshop, but that was a whole month ago. I guess that's the thing about spending a lot of time in a place where things exist entirely out …

The Elephant in the Room

Last night was the second rehearsal for The Guerillas, and even after a long Monday there was a visible energy that filled the Discovery Centre where we rehearsed. Being able to go from work to an evening of wonder is an amazing thing. It's like the beginning of another day. Although it's nighttime by five …

Manchester Made.

So, today was the first official rehearsal of the guerilla choir. People and music in abundance. I was happy to see lots of new faces - a few I recognised from the initial workshop that I attended, but most of them were new (to me, anyway). I loved the mix of people. And there were …