Chorus nights at the West End Tavern at Marden are a new venture – the aim is to spend an evening singing grand, rollicking choruses without any accompaniment, and we certainly achieved that in grand style the first time we tried it earlier this month.

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If you’d like to come along and sing, please get in touch at gmatkin@gmail.com and let us know what you have in mind.

The evening is made up of all chorus songs – most led by a singer singing the versus, but some are from song sheets, and these ones we sing all the way through (bring your reading glasses if you need them!).

If you usually only know the chorus it’s great to get your teeth into the whole thing.

So here are the song sheets. They are available in normal size (saves paper) and large size (for those who find it helpful).

We’re delighted to welcome Peta Webb  and Ken Hall to the Frittenden session on Sunday the 31st January, from 8pm. (Free event.)

Peta and Ken are both seasoned singers who for decades have regularly listened to and sung alongside traditional singers in England and Ireland – and last year they celebrated 25 years of running London’s Musical Traditions Club, which provides an important platform for traditional singers and songs.

Over the years, Peta and Ken have developed a distinctive sound drawing on on Irish and British traditions of unison singing, and the harmonising of American brother duet tradition, and aim to celebrate the essential links between these cultures. Expect to be charmed and entertained by romantic little songs, story songs, funny songs and choruses…

As usual, the evening will be a session and everyone who can will be invited to chip in – so if it’s your sort of thing please bring a song, a tune or a story.