Margaret - May 21, 2020
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and, as a choir who have come together through sports volunteering, we recognise and embrace the mental health benefits of doing things together. Even more so in 2020, which has become the most surreal and challenging year for many. Its well documented that singing is great for your… Read more
Margaret - April 26, 2020
It would have been the 2020 London Marathon today, and many from our choir would have been volunteering or even running in this world class event. Sadly this was not to be, but members of the Games Maker Choir have risen to the event organiser’s Two Point Six Challenge and are raising funds for a very… Read more
Margaret - April 23, 2020
Watch members of the choir have fun, exercise and show that they are in fine voice (of course) in readiness for the BBC’s BIG Night In” on BBC One on 23rd April 2020. Is there a better way to show that we won’t be beaten by the current lockdown regulations? Watch the whole show live… Read more
Margaret - January 26, 2020
So, here we are in 2020, entering another Olympic Year, the third since The Games Maker Choir was formed during the unforgettable London 2012 Olympic Games. We’re avidly following the stories of all the athletes, both Olympian and Paralympian hopefuls, as they work their way to what promises to be another amazing Games, in Tokyo 2020…. Read more
Margaret - December 8, 2019
Christmas 2019 was welcomed and enjoyed by many long term friends and some new ones too, at a delightfully Christmassy concert in our rehearsal venue of St Michael’s Church, Wandsworth Common, on the first Saturday of December 2019. For two hours on this busy pre-Christmas Saturday, the Games Maker Choir celebrated our ‘choir family’ with… Read more
Liz Stainthorpe - July 1, 2019
It may have been Glastonbury this weekend but The Games Maker Choir performed on another prestigious open air stage on Friday, earning top marks in the glorious scholarly surroundings of Hall Grove School, Surrey. In soaring temperatures we were privileged to sing two sets (eight songs) for the pupils and families at the school’s… Read more
Margaret - May 22, 2019
The Games Maker Choir were proud and honoured to perform at a moving event at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday 18 May 2019 to celebrate the opening of the new Tessa Jowell Boulevard. This is a beautiful walkway through the park created to honour Dame Tessa’s vision and determination in organising the bid… Read more
Liz Stainthorpe - March 13, 2019
… to all those that continue to volunteer in sport. He’s a great ambassador for sports volunteering and we’re pleased to have met him on a few occasions, so let’s continue to make him proud 🙂
Margaret - March 7, 2019
Take a look at our latest showreel to see and hear the choir and some of our great experiences…. so far. There have been some truly unforgettable ‘pinch me’ adventures and performances for this merry band of volunteers who came together during and following the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, with several new members… Read more
Margaret - December 31, 2018
2018 holds more wonderful memories for The Games Maker Choir. As the New Year dawned, we had no real idea of what was in store; we had our eye on some targets, but as ever, this unique choir was ready to run with some surprises! We wouldn’t be a British choir, without talking about… Read more
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