Welcome to the website for this new and exciting venture.

I love encouraging people to sing.  I do this by working with sometimes very timid, rusty, ‘oh my family say I can’t sing, but I love it’ singers, working off the page learning songs in parts and generally having fun getting the voice up and running.  When you haven’t sung in a choir for some time, getting used to the sounds this brings about can take some time.  People very easily get put off when other parts are introduced - but it doesn’t matter!  My theory is that it’s INCREDIBLY hard to sing the wrong note in a harmonic chord so the chances are you’ll end up singing something that fits because our brain likes it! 

There’s been masses of research done to show the benefits of singing.  Not only socially (although I think this is one of the most exciting aspects of it.  As communities we have moved away from group entertainment as we are all shut in our homes watching tv.) singing is good for your health.  Great for forcing you to breathe deeply, getting some of those ‘feel good’ endorphins buzzing about.  Singing is the cheapest instrument, we’ve all got one and EVERYONE CAN SING!

Beer SOS Workshop 26th June

I love Beer in Devon and I love encouraging people to sing so the idea to start an occasional choir was born.  I get to spend a bit of quality time with my teenage daughter and I’ve met some amazingly lovely people who are already doing really well on the singing front.  It’s an honour to spend some time in this new community and the way my idea has been welcomed is a complete delight.  I decided to start the group to meet every 6 weeks-ish (not too intrusive on people’s schedules) but within two sessions the yummy singers in Devon said they wanted it to be a bit more regular.  From September we will therefore be meeting once a month.

So if this idea appeals to you and you would like an SOS in your area, please contact me by email dizzysop@hotmail.com and I’ll see what I can do to help. 

For information on the Beer Seriously Occasional Singers events please go to their page.  We’re already up and running with some fun events.