Sing For Pure Joy!

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Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

There is a proverb from Zimbabwe that states, "If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing."

Not only is singing good for the heart and soul but there is a growing body of clinical evidence that indicates that singing, with its emphasis on deep breathing and good posture, can help heal the body - from helping patients wit Parkinson's to strengthen their throat muscles, alleviate physical stiffness and improve motor function; to stroke patients using melodies to facilitate their speech recovery.

Oliver Sacks (well know neurologist and author of many books, including MUSICOPHILIA:TALES OF MUSIC AND THE BRAIN ) stated that "music is not only one of the fundamental ways we bond with each other but it literally shapes our brains.This is because musical activity involves many parts of the brain (emotional, motor and cognitive areas) even more that we use for our great human achievement, language."

There is so much evidence now showing the physical, neurological and psychological benefits of singing in a choir. Not singing in the shower on your own (although that is also wonderful!) but singing in the joyful company of others.

To cite a few more benefits: singing in a choir boost your mental health; choir members who sing together have synchronized heart beats; singing is as beneficial to your health as yoga.

We all know that singing together feels good and now "Group singing has been scientifically proven to lower stress, relieve anxiety and elevate endorphins." (Stacy Horn - IMPERFECT HARMONY; HOW SINGING WITH OTHERS CHANGES YOUR LIFE) Horn also states that " Group singing is cheaper than therapy, healthier than drinking and certainly more fun that working out!"

Singing is your birthright. "Your voice is unique only to you, and your soul tunes in the moment it hears your vocal frequency." (YOGA Magazine - February 2010)

For most of human history, people sang together. It wasn't seen as a competition or a contest. It was a joyful communal experience. In the past 500 years we have had concert halls which set up a separation between the performer and the audience that didn't exist in human history before. " (Daniel Levitin - THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC)

If you are in desperate need of an added boost of endorphins floating gleefully through your body, join Mary and SING FOR PURE JOY! Every voice is welcome. No experience is needed and no auditions are required - only the desire to make joyful sounds together.

We are not a paper-trained choir! No experience is needed. No written music is used. All songs are taught in the traditional method of call and response.

We build community and raise our hearts and spirits with beautiful heartfelt melodies, soulful gospel songs, rousing spirituals, meditative chants, luscious layered songs and robust rounds. Songs from the sublime to the ridiculous!

We gather to raise our voices in glorious song at THE LIONS PLACE on Ironwood Street in CAMPBELL RIVER on WEDNESDAY afternoons from 3:00 - 4:30

The FALL TERM begins on Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 18TH.

The Term Fee is $104. There is a $10 drop-in fee. Family members are half price. There is a sliding scale by request. The fee is pro-rated weekly.

As ELLA FITZGERALD said, "The only thing better than singing, is more singing!" so if you just can't get enough of this endorphin rush, join us on Monday afternoons at the Quadra Community Centre from 1:00 - 2:30. The term fee allows those enthusiastic singers to participate at both venues for the same fee.