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28 May - Viva take over Cineworld Bexleyheath for showing of Pitch Perfect 2
We had a great evening on Thursday with an exclusive friends and family showing of Pitch Perfect 2. We hired out the 88 seater screen at Cineworld Bexleyheath and had a great time watching the new film in true Viva style. We also managed to fit in a bit of singing beforehand!
A Bexley based a cappella group has won the chance to sing in Las Vegas after competing at the annual national barbershop competition over the…
13 May 2015 - Viva made the News Shopper online!
Vegas Fundraiser - 380 Club
Help us get our girls to Las Vegas to compete at Internationls in October!
There is nothing more thrilling than having the chance to represent the UK at the Sweet Adelines International Convention in Las Vegas. Competing on the International stage in front of 10,000 spectators (+ more on the worldwide webcast) at the MGM Grand. Please help us raise money to cover the cost of costumes and coaching.
380 Club is due to launch soon. Details of how you can get involved will be posted here soon.
11 May - Wow what a weekend!
Words can not describe what an amazing weekend us Viva girls have had. It all started on Friday when we had four, yes four, quartets enter the Quartet competition. For us in the audience the nerves just could not take such excitement as we watched each of our fabulous quartets cross the stage, giving the best performances ever! The tension was so high as we all sat grasping each others hands for the results....and what an achievement 13th place to #Junction4, 8th place to #DeciBelles, 5th place medal was awarded to #ViceVersa and we couldn't believe it.......the Gold medal went to #Hot Note. We are all so proud of our amazing quartets.
Saturday morning had a real buzz in the air at our morning rehearsals. Everyone seemed very calm and we were confident. Our 7 mins on stage flew by but we had an amazing time, everyone came off stage absolutely buzzing with energy and excitement at how well it had all gone. There was nothing more we could do but wait for the results........... The tension in the air was electric as the results were read out. We won the award for the 'Most Improved Chorus' by 47 points which gave us an inkling things were going well. Further scores and placing's were read out and the excitement began to build as we started to realise we had done pretty well. And finally it was announced Viva Acappella had won the Gold medal in the Mid-size chorus category.....not only that we took the Silver medal overall missing out on the Gold medal by just 1 point, which was pretty good going seeing as the winning chorus had over 30 more members on stage than us. And it continued, we took the award for the music category and finally Hot Note with their quartet gold medal received the award for 'Most Improved Quartet'. I think you can safely say we had done a good job. We are incredibly proud. And on top of all this we have won our place to sing at the Internationals being held in Las Vegas next year and Hot Note will be singing at the International Convention in Las Vegas in October 2015.
Press Release - Pitch Perfect dream for female a cappella choir
Kent based choir wins place to sing in Las Vegas.
Bexley based female a cappella choir, Viva Acappella, brought home a number of medals and awards after competing at the annual national barbershop competition (Sweet Adelines Region 31) at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, this weekend. The chorus, made up of thirty four women aged between 17yrs-74yrs, competed against choruses from all over the UK & Netherlands, winning the gold medal in the midsize chorus category and silver in the overall competition. They missed out on the gold medal place against a chorus twice their size by just 1 point. They were also awarded the ‘Most Improved Chorus’ award and the award for the music category. As a result Viva Acappella will be competing in the International competition held in Las Vegas in Autumn 2016, against choruses from all over the world.
In addition the chorus had four quartets compete in the quartet’s competition on the Friday, more than any other chorus. Hot Note won the gold medal, Vice Versa won 5th place, DeciBelles won 8th place and Junction 4 took 13th place. Hot Note will be competing at the International Competition in Las Vegas in October this year.
Viva Acappella’s Musical Director, Gaynor Schofield commented, “This was the best weekend ever in barbershop for me. We achieved the highest score ever in chorus, most improved chorus, gold medal in the mid-size chorus contest with only 34 singers, 2nd place overall with only 1 point behind the winners and a gold for the quartet. I’m so proud”
ENDS
Notes to Editor:
Viva Acappella is an exciting, vibrant female group of harmony singers based in Bexley, Kent. The thirty four members come from all over the South East including Kent, Suffolk, Essex and Surrey. Formed in 2009 the chorus compete both nationally and internationally, having won gold at the national barbershop competition (Sweet Adelines International, Region 31) in Birmingham in May 2012 they went on to be ranked 22nd in the world at the International Championships held in Hawaii in November 2013 (Sweet Adelines International Convention). Viva’s repertoire includes pop, rock, show tunes and ballads. The chorus support charities such as Marie Curie Cancer Research and Breast Cancer Awareness as well as sing at various occasions, corporate events, charity fundraisers, shows, weddings, festivals, launches, birthdays and anniversary parties. High resolution photos available.
More Information: www.vivaacappella.co.uk
Contacts: Michelle Daniels, Mobile 07775 065581
E-mail [email protected]
Sweet Adelines International is a highly respected worldwide organisation of women singers committed to advancing the musical form of barbershop harmony through education, competition and performance. This independent, non-profit music education association is one of the world’s largest singing organisations for women encompassing nearly 25,000 members from the United States, Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, The Netherlands and Wales.
More Information:
www.sweetadelineintl.org
International Headquarters
P.O. Box 470168, Tulsa, OK 74147-0168
06 Apr - Viva Acappella featured on BBC Radio Kent today http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02n4zzp#auto
Following our performance at the Top Choir Kent Gala Concert last weekend BBC Radio Kent aired some of our songs today in a special programme dedicated to the evening. Listen again at BBC Radio Kent
28 Mar - Top Choir of Kent Gala Concert
What a great afternoon/evening we had at the Top Choir of Kent Gala Concert, Shirley Hall, Canterbury. We had a great afternoon enjoying rehearsals with our friends The Kentones followed by a fabulous evening of performances from some amazing Kent based choirs including the P&O Ferries Choir. The evening's finale was a group sing with the audience to Help! by the Beatles celebrating 50 years of the track. The evening was recorded by BBC Radio Kent which will be aired on a special show on Easter Monday at 6pm
Sing Song Merrily on High Christmas Concert - December 2014
“Fantastic concert, great evening, well organised team and programme. We would be happy to have them back another time.”
Reverend Adam Foot, St John's Church - Welling
19 Jan - Superb Facebook post from our very own inspiring coach Doug Harrington
Doug Harrington, January 19 at 3:56pm
What a fantastic weekend with one of the best female vocal ensembles in the United Kingdom...Viva Acappella! I cannot say enough about their clean singing and musicality...absolutely world-class! Gaynor Schofield and company, you are truly inspiring!
17 & 18 Jan - Another inspiring Retreat Weekend with Doug Harrington
We always look forward to our coaching weekends with Doug and yet again this weekend did not disappoint. Working hard on our competition songs, Doug has once again worked his magic to re-energise our songs. So excited to be performing our new and improved pieces in Nottingham in May.
The Bluewater Festive Gift & Food Fair - November 2014
“It was an absolute pleasure to work with Viva Acappella. Their performance at the event was superb, easy to arrange and smooth to organise. What every Event Manager needs! They were great fun on site and created the Christmas vibe that we wanted for the Fair. I would definitely use them again and I highly recommend”
Sarah Crease, Show Manager
The Bluewater Festive Gift & Food Fair
06 Dec - Sing Song Merrily on High Christmas Concert
Wow what a night we had! Our annual concert took place at the beautiful St John's Church in Welling on 6th December, where over 200 of our friends and family joined us for an entertaining evening. We packed the night full of our favourite repertoire songs plus some festive favourites and alongside our friends Park Street Quartet and the magical Edward Hilsum, Magician. We are so lucky to have such supportive friends and family!
29 Nov - Bluewater Festive Gift & Food Fair
Viva Acappella were delighted to be asked to sing at the Bluewater Festive Gift & Food Fair to create a bit of festive atmosphere. We sung on the stage area located in the entrance to the show which attracted a lot of interest from visitors and exhibitors at the show.
31 Oct - Hote Note crowned British Champions!
What do you get when you cross a beauty therapist, a clinical hypnotherapist, a Learning and Development Consultant and an alloy wheel refurbishment manager?
A quartet called Hot Note…… mmm …..I wonder which is which?
We started our journey in July 2013 when there was a flurry of phone calls about whether a quartet from Berkshire, Suffolk and Kent would be able to make a go of it.
It was certainly challenging to organise rehearsals across 3 counties and 2 choruses, but once we had settled on a location in Kent at Chris’s mum’s house (baritone) where she made a Victoria sponge at every rehearsal, Colette (bass) decided she was ‘happy with her selection’!
We then had the challenge of how 3 basses and a tenor would work – that’s 4 singers isn’t it? – ah just not with the right parts. Fortunately 2 of the quartet were bi-sectional so slotted nicely into lead and baritone – just a question of what song the key should be in. Once we had decided that everything should be in Ab we were off and running.
Well the voices went together alright, but would we like each other? You know just how important that is. It was certainly useful being able to have someone on hand to do your nails, sort out your tyres, listen to all your problems and design a training and coaching plan. What’s not to like?
As members of Sweet Adelines International, a world-wide women’s’ barbershop association, Hot Note were delighted to win the bronze medal at the regional contest in May 2013 – just 10 months after getting together, but we had also made the decision to join the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS) which brought with it another round of competitions.
We were very apprehensive about how we would fare at the preliminary round in June 2014, so were surprised and delighted to win, albeit by a very small margin! We knew that there were improvements we could make so it was time to call in the cavalry. Thanks to singing coach, Mike Taylor for treating us gently but working us hard in a short space of time as we prepared for the semi-finals.
So a shocked and astonished Hot Note did it – we lifted the big prize – National Champion Quartet 2014!
We all had very personal reasons for wanting to do quite well this year, but our lovely baritone Chris had been waiting 35 years, since her very first barbershop quartet Beaux Belles at the age of 15, to win her first quartet medal. So it can be done.
We are now looking ahead to representing Ladies British Barbershop at all sorts of events over the next 12 months.