The day-long event run by Susie Amorim Hardie, Lala Simpson and Andrea Robinson, was held in two parts - in the morning, all participants were invited to come and learn together in a singing workshop, and the afternoon was a unique opportunity to share what they had learnt in a concert, showcasing a variety of community choirs and singing groups from across the Wellington region.

“Gale Force is a Rolls Royce of a choir”.

The email entitled “Sad News” arrived in my mailbox last week - Gale Force Gospel had failed to find a new director and so March 10 would be the last night. So one last time…(hopefully not)

Loving running a weekly One Earth Singers harmony group - a small bunch of singers I know can rise to the task. It sees me flat-out writing 4 part choral arrangements of songs in my songbook. We’ve started recording some too

How do you begin to recognize the impact a song leader can have on their community, let alone the impact the community has on the song leader?

How about a two for one special?

Love Gospel with two lovely choirs in the Wellington Region who would love your leadership to guide them.

We are looking for a song leader who can continue with the legacy our previous leaders have left, who enjoys teaching without sheet music, and loves the type of music we sing. We have extensive resources which would be available to you.

A beautiful community concert in Ōamaru.

Now we are planning forward to our next big event in 2025.

Welcome to our SLNA Newsletter archive. If you have missed a letter and want to quick reference what is happening in the community you can find it here.

We ask for support or help in different ways to help keep our network moving so it doesn't fold in on itself. But there are still very real moments of concern around having enough people to support the infrastructure. Especially with some of the big things we are trying to achieve or would like to in the year ahead.

Learn more about Social Singing in Ōamaru with Sally Randall.

Hot off the press, your next delicious must see movie with your fellow song leaders.

Hot off the press, Hutt Community Choirs most recent performance Journey’s.

Others were also pondering on this conundrum that they have built this excellent resource to learn from.

Beautiful new digital resource of songs from Aotearoa.

We as a Committee have been looking at what is possible for the network for the year ahead. There are lots of exciting possibilities with two dynamic groups that need some support this coming year are:

Join the Regional Gatherings/Lead In Group

Join Communications Group

Read more to find out about what each group is doing…

Are you feeling the squeeze on finding funding? Well, us too. You are not alone. It has been an incredibly difficult period of time to find funding and we wanted to front up and be here to show you how difficult it has been for us to secure funding.

Later this month we will be sending out a survey to our membership to reconnect and find out some things about what you are experiencing as a song leaders and make enquiries about what you would like for events for next year.

Our survey will comprise of three different elements

1. Statistic gathering for funding applications to strengthen our ability to provide funding to support delivery of events.

2. General information to find out how you're doing

3. Enquiry about what rocks your boat for events for next year.

Women in Harmony, a three part acapella community choir based in Christchurch, is seeking a new choir director from February 2025.

We are a women's choir with around 20 members of all ages and walks of life who come together to share our love of music through singing.

A day of choirs across central Christchurch. Connect and interact with song leaders and their choirs at the three special locations, Great Hall, The Arts Centre, Christchurch Art Gallery and The Crossing.