Music Builds Communities

A Community project for Newmarket and Area

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“.....bringing people together through music!”

Contact Us on info@musicbuildscommunities.org              Phone: 07968-912046



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So You Think You Can’t Sing?

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Singing for Fun

These  are normally held on Wednesday Evenings at 8pm monthly and have a sing-a-long style with words provided.

If you think you can’t sing, but enjoy doing it, this is for you.

It’s an informal evening with friendly participants and hosts.

We usually meet in the Exning Community Church Hall.

There is parking available and a bust stop nearby\



The program for a typical evening will consist of:

On occasions we may have some songs sung to professional backing tracks

There are no up front or “termly” fees.

We ask for a voluntary donation of £2 for each evening you come – and  refreshments are available.


MBC Midweek -- Singing for Fun

Photo: Patsy Edwards

Singing together is good for your health…………………………

Group singing has been scientifically proven to lower stress, relieve anxiety, and elevate endorphins.


When you sing, musical vibrations move through you, altering your physical and emotional landscape. Group singing, for those who have done it, is the most exhilarating and transformative of all. It takes something incredibly intimate, a sound that begins inside you, shares it with a roomful of people and it comes back as something even more thrilling.


As the popularity of group singing grows, science has been hard at work trying to explain why it has such a calming yet energizing effect on people. What researchers are beginning to discover is that singing is like an infusion of the perfect tranquilizer, the kind that both soothes your nerves and elevates your spirits.


The elation may come from endorphins, a hormone released by singing, which is associated with feelings of pleasure.  Or it might be from oxytocin, another hormone released during singing, which has been found to alleviate anxiety and stress. Oxytocin also enhances feelings of trust and bonding, which may explain why still more studies have found that singing lessens feelings of depression and loneliness.  A very recent study even attempts to make the case that “music evolved as a tool of social living,” and that the pleasure that comes from singing together is our evolutionary reward for coming together cooperatively, instead of hiding alone, every cave-dweller for him or herself.


The benefits of singing regularly seem to be cumulative. In one study, singers were found to have lower levels of cortisol, indicating lower stress.

It turns out you don’t even have to be a good singer to reap the rewards. According to one 2005 study, group singing “can produce satisfying and therapeutic sensations even when the sound produced by the vocal instrument is of mediocre quality.”  Singing groups vary from casual affairs where no audition is necessary (like Singing for Fun) to serious, committed professional or avocational choirs

Group singing is cheaper than therapy, healthier than drinking, and certainly more fun than working out.  It is the one thing in life where feeling better is pretty much guaranteed.  Even if you walked into a session exhausted and depressed, by the end of the night you’ll walk out high as a kite on endorphins and good will.

So “Singing for Fun” is not only fun………it’s also good for your health ……


You might like to join the MBC Singing for Fun Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/527835421109512/


We sometimes choose songs around a theme. So far these have included:


Special days

Christmas

Valentine

Fire(work)

May Day


Songs about

Time

Transport

Money

Weather



Girls Names

Boys Names

 Dance  

Colours

 Animals


Flowers

Body Parts

Locked Up/Down

Numbers

Autumn Colours


Shapes

Happy

Food



Songs from

Shows

Movies

James Bond Films

Motown

Grammy Winners


Eurovision





"Card Countdown"

King

Queen

Jack

10 to 1


Places:

USA

London

Ireland

France

Europe

Hits of:

 1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s


Artists:

Beatles

Queen

Simon & Garfunkel

ABBA

Cliff Richard

Rolling Stones

The Rat Pack

One Hit Wonders

Elvis

Burt Bacharach

Artists, groups or composers beginning with letter........     Songs beginning with letter....... .

....  and evenings of songs selected by one or more of our regular singers

"Singing for Fun" themes for 2023

11 January 2023

8pm

"ECCH"

"Weather"

8 February 2023

8pm

"ECCH"

"Shapes"

8 March 2023

8pm

"ECCH"

"Bert Bacharach"

12 April 2023

8pm

"ECCH"

"Happy"

10 May 2023

8pm

"ECCH"

"Eurovision"

14 June 2023

8pm

"ECCH"

"Food"

Cost £2 per session £1 for younger people per session (Under 18 or in full time education)