We meet regularly during term time on Thursday Evenings at the function room in the Methodist Church Paradise Road, Downham Market.

Starting at 7.15 pm we begin with a warm up for our voices and bodies and sing through till 9.15pm.

Although we do sing sacred songs we're a secular choir and learn songs from all kinds of traditions, countries, cultures and centuries - from Gregorian chant to Van Morrison and lots in between.

Many of us have never sung before but always wanted to, others sang in choirs at school or in church or have strong musical roots - good news is that whatever our abilities we still manage to make a great sound singing together!

Our group are warm and informal, and we enjoy the session socially as well as getting together to sing. It's a great way to meet new friends and if you're new to area a good way to find an easy way 'in' to the local community.

Learning songs can be a bit daunting at first - we learn a lot by ear - and I remember thinking when I first joined that I would NEVER be able to learn the tunes or get my head round the part I was being taught, but Carol our musical director is very good at instilling the belief that you can sing - and before you know what's going on - you can.

We've got about 30  members now - with around 5 or 6 men, which give the bass section a really great tone.

If you're not sure where your voice fits musically that's not a problem either - often choir members move between groups for different songs, either because they feel their voice is more suited to singing, say the tenor part for one number or maybe the alto for another, or sometimes just because they prefer one part's tune to another!

To see the location of the Methodist Church, Paradise Road, Downham Market 

PE38 9JE please  click here