Sing For Water Cardiff 2017 (Whole Concert)

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Sunday June 18th 2017 30 + degrees with high humidity in the Oval Basin Cardiff Bay Let the River Run – Carly Simon arrangement by Wendy Seargent 3mins 40 secs Led by Laura Bradshaw Ar Lan Y Mor traditional Welsh song arrangement by Pauline Down 8 mins 38 secs Led by Pauline Down Sianed Jones voice and violin song 12 mins 40 secs Love Like A River – the Fairfield Four arr. Nick Prater 18 mins 34 secs featuring Mary Anne Roberts and Sianed Jones Led by Pauline Down The Water is Wide arranged by Pauline Down featuring the choir leaders 24 mins 30 secs Led by Pauline Down Dave Padfield - Wateraid speaker and fun poem 29mins 22 secs A Quiet Thirst Frankie Armstrong and Joan Mills 36 mins 40 secs United – to the words of Jo Cox music by Sue Harris 44 mins 25 secs Led By Celia Webb Aho Mitakuye Native American Chant bringing out all humanities interconnectedness 50 mins Led by Celia Webb. Native American drumming added by Chrys Blanchard and drummers of Abergavenny. Sue Ellar– thank you’s and choir mentions 56 mins Humie Webbe thank you’s Hlonolofatsa – Song of Lesotho meaning “Amazing – praise and blessings” - Arrangement and inspiration thanks to Una May Oluwaye – of Sing for Water London 1 hour 1 min 30 secs Led by Laura Bradshaw. Including Ron Macauley and the drumming group of Canton - Cardiff, plus Severin M’Pouto of Congo, Makletch Zola of Congo, Ahmed Abdullah of Sudan, Chrys Blanchard of Abergavenny. For donations and appreciation of watching the video https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sing-for-water-cardiff Thanks Harbour Authority and sound team! Thanks to Jon Ratigan for the film! For the team amount – all choirs included https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/wateraid/singforwater Website http://singforwatercardiff.org/ Wateraid Website http://www.wateraid.org/uk Sing for Water Cardiff fbk 2017 https://www.facebook.com/events/879626035505565/ Busking Sets….. Many choirs also busked around Cardiff Bay during the gap between morning rehearsal and the afternoon performance. Creating a festival like atmosphere. Also had Steve Garrett performing on his Mando Cello in the WMC foyer creating a lovely chill out atmosphere for people to cool off from the immense heat! Sing for Water concept is the brainchild of Helen Chadwick and the whole charity has raised well over a million pounds so far! Cardiff event raised over £50k alone in 2015. Sing for Water Cardiff team organisers:- Sue Lay – project manager -http://cyncoedsingers.weebly.com/ ; Celia Webb,http://www.singplicity.org/ ; Pauline Down, https://www.paulinedown.com/ ; Laura Bradshaw.http://www.laurabradshawmusic.com ; With the addition of Rebecca Ballard, Amy Jones and Judie Richards for the 2017 event. Big thanks to Humie Webbe for being our wonderful, open and humorous MC.http://radiocardiff.org/the-jazz-train/ Other performers:- Sianed Jones http://www.sianed.co.uk/ Mary Anne Roberts https://www.womex.com/virtual/bragod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bragod Frankie Armstrong http://frankiearmstrong.com/ Joan Mills www.thecpr.org.uk Ron Macauley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrTIHEpNkkw Severin M’pouto (Prince M’Pouto) of Congo Also Ahmed Abdullah of Sudan and Makletch Zola of Congo (Thanks to Valley and Vale Community Arts) Chrys Blanchard https://naturalvoice.net/practitioner/chrysblanchard Massive thanks to all the wonderful choirs and their leaders for all the hard work preparing for the event and the great, imaginative and fun fund raising activities they've been organising. The 42 choirs from North/ South/ East and West of Wales as well as from England including singers from all around the world. Most choirs work with tutors who are members of the Natural Voice Network (Founded by Frankie Armstrong) https://naturalvoice.net/about/how-nvn-born Abercappella Amberley Community Choir Bangor Community Choir Betws choir Bishopston Community Choir Brynmill Community Choir Cardiff Canton Singers Cardiff Chapter Singers Cardiff University Staff Choir Cascapella Coastal Voices Cor Afon Lwyd Crick Howlers Cyncoed & Llanishen Singers Grangetown Community Choir Heartsong Community Choir Humbrella Inside Out choir Kinnersley Singers Loud crowd Many Treasures Chorus MONNOW MOUTHS More than a song Murton Community Choir Newport Mind Choir Newport Community Choir Oasis Centre choir Open Arms OLD RECS One Voice Pales Peace Choir Porthkerry Singers Saints and Singers Sing Alive Sing! Cardiff Splott Local Vocals Sound Women Swansea World Music Choir Sweet Harmony Tywi Harmony Undy Singers WellMet Singers Over 640 singers registered, made up of approximately 180 Sopranos, 220 Altos, 140 Tenors and 100 Basses!!! Choir leaders choir for "The Water is Wide" Arranged and led by Pauline Down. 2nd tenors :- Laura, Sara, Molara, Margot. Altos :- Margot, Sian, Alice, Sally. Basses:- Chris, Jonathan, Stuart. Sopranos :- Amy, Teifi, Celia, Biddy, Beth, Sue. 1st tenors :- Rebecca, Tracy.