Margaret - July 22, 2021
It’s been super exciting to follow several musical friends volunteering in a selection of roles to help deliver a successful Euros 2020 football tournament in London recently. Based at different locations in and around Wembley Arena and Stadium and in a wide range of roles, it was lovely following their adventures via… Read more
Margaret - April 18, 2021
There’s not much that will stop members of the Games Maker Choir from socialising and as the government’s road map moves along, we’re taking full advantage of the restrictions easing. Timing nicely with some glorious spring weather several small, socially distanced gatherings for choir members, creatively named ‘Sit Out to Help Out’, have… Read more
Margaret - January 2, 2021
The Games Maker Choir have recorded a new video, to pass on a heartfelt sentiment to the world. The song “I Wish For You The World” was first released and performed with singer songwriter Alistair Griffin who wrote the track with Richard Chance in 2012 to celebrate the London Olympics. The song has been rearranged… Read more
Margaret - December 12, 2020
Those face coverings can’t hide a Games Maker smile! The Games Maker Choir sing together again! We all know that the world has been a very strange place over the last few months and without exception we have all had to find new ways of adapting to everyday life. Choirs are no different,… 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 12, 2020
During the current Covid-19 crisis the Games Maker Choir family are pulling together to support each other by as many means as possible. In the regular world, members of this unique choir are only able to meet up in person on the first Saturday of each month, as choir members are located all… Read more
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 - 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 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
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