Gallery from Groby Sings in its Element
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Soprano clouds with silvery linings.
Sopranos.
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About Us
Groby Sings was shortlisted for a Community Award in the 2023 annual BBC Radio Leicester Local Awards. We were honoured to receive a trophy in September. Listen at:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g1kl1k
Groby Sings has also been the recipient of a Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 'Make a Difference Award' 2023.
The new season is announced as Groby Sings a Menagerie. This season will end with a performance weekend in November 2025. Details will be on the 'Next Concert' page.
The choir restarts on September 3rd. Please note we sing on Wednesdays in school term time.
Singers are welcome to join in with this season at whatever point they wish to and don't need to come every single week. Performance is optional.
Who conducts the choir?
The new Musical Director is Simon Lubkowski.
Please visit https://youtu.be/9ATB5cgCl14 to view Simon's introduction to the choir.
Guidelines For This Season
Health: You are requested to NOT ATTEND if you are feeling unwell at all or have any symptoms of any illness. This is out of respect for the health of your fellow singers, volunteers, musical director and yourself. Many of our singers are vulnerable to infection.
Venue and travel: The Groby Club, Leicester Rd, Groby, Leicester LE6 0DJ There is limited parking. Please consider walking. Do not park at the Library or Village Hall. Beware of parking restrictions in the local roads.
Adult arrival times: 1.15pm for the afternoon and 7.15pm for the evening. Please do not arrive early.
Rehearsal times: 1.30 to 3.00pm and 7.30 to 9.00pm.
Registration: All attendees will need to register as they enter the rehearsal room.
Children aged 7 and above are welcome to arrive from 3.15pm. They will be signed in in the rehearsal room. Parents and carers are welcome to stay in the rehearsal room or to leave their child when they have been fully registered.
Donations: It will cost about £3 per adult and £1.50 per child per week for us to run Groby Sings. There will be the opportunity for you to make a donation on arrival. You are welcome to attend without making a donation - we are a registered charity open to all to attend regardless of payments received. There are options for Gift Aiding a lump sum donation for the season - the form is on Documents or please ask for details.
Words Booklets: These are provided free of charge and may be used for the duration of the season but must be returned in June. There is also a Gift Aid form for individuals or companies sponsoring a song in the word booklet. It is on Documents.
Seating and Numbers: Chairs will be set out by volunteers in advance. Please do not move them. We can accommodate everyone who wishes to sing.
Breaks and refreshments: There will be a short cake break of about 15 minutes in the middle of each rehearsal to allow for purchase of drinks and toilet use. And to give time for chat!
The urn will be set up for tea and coffee which is £1 a cup.
Cake is supplied thanks to kind offers by our singers.
You can buy drinks and food items from the bar.
You may bring a bottle of water from home for your own use.
There is a ‘creche area’ where young children are welcome to play or nap at our afternoon rehearsals in the care of their accompanying responsible adult. They are also welcome in the evenings.
From our first Musical Director
Singing in a community choir like Groby Sings is life transforming and it has been a gift to have been able to stand in front of you all and conduct you every week.
Groby Sings became a hit, such a glorious success, not because of any one of us but because of ALL OF US, everyone who turned up week in, week out and sang our hearts out. Because of all YOU wonderful people listening to your rehearsal CD's and driving your families mad and dressing up in your crazy costumes and arranging all the bears in your house to sing to when we couldn't gather to sing together.
Thank you so much for letting me be part of that. It has been so very special.
My prayer is that Groby Sings will continue long into the future.
That what we started 7 years ago will grow from strength to strength, continuing to touch people’s lives who need some hope and joy. But for that to happen, all you amazing people have got to hold tight until this pandemic is over and Groby Sings resumes. Then you've got to come back so you can finish off what was started last February and perform Groby Sings On The Road and many many more concerts after that.
As I skip off into the sunset of retirement, I need to have something to look forward to and returning to hear Groby Sings perform songs from Calamity Jane is top of my list.
Keep singing everyone. Keep laughing. Most importantly….you know what’s coming…keep eating that delicious cake!
Helen Hayes
Last Performance: We performed in June 2025 to over 300 of our family, friends and neighbours.
Groby Sings in its Element
Concerts were performed on June 14th and 15th 2025
Comments from our Musical Director:
Simon says...
Wow!
What an amazing concert weekend - you really were all in your element!
There are almost too many highlights to mention, but the energy of Gold on Sunday was electric, the fun of Don't Dilly Dally, the challenge achieved with A Kind Of Magic, the costumes, the projected backdrops, the band... the list just goes on!
This season has been a real joy for me - the afternoon choir have really blossomed and are tackling some seriously impressive harmonies, whilst the evening choir continue to have that great attention to detail but never lost sight of the "fun" element!
The youth choir has shot up in numbers this season too, with over 20 young people there each week on a regular basis, and the atmosphere has been awesome!
Huge thanks to you all for all the hard work and dedication you put in over the last few months, and thanks as always to the management team and volunteers for making Groby Sings the amazing group it is - I am still glowing from the concerts and will be for some time to come I'm sure!
Sadly I can't be with you at the party on Wednesday 25th June as I am working at De Montfort Hall for Leicestershire Music Service as we put on a joint concert performance of Henry Purcell's opera Dido & Aeneas with the professional orchestra and choir, The Gabrieli Consort, along with over 300 primary and secondary school singers!
I look forward to seeing you next season as we head into the wonderful world of animals with our "Menagerie" season - some fabulous songs coming up for sure!
Have a wonderful summer and I can't wait to see you after the break!
Simon x
Some of the other comments received from the previous season :
It's been an incredibly tough few months for me recently. Can't wait for the next season to begin - this season Groby Sings has been my saving grace through a very difficult time.
Well done everyone, a super concert yesterday. Simon's conducting is brilliant and he certainly has a wonderful way with the audience. The choir looked and sang beautifully. The children were incredible, many of them knowing the words and putting their 'all' into some of the songs. The band was incredible as always,
I really enjoyed the concert and thought we sounded really good!
It’s a great experience!
As always I really enjoyed the performance weekend and it all seemed to go great!
It is made such fun under Simon’s directorship. His conducting makes my heart burst with joy as I feel part of this amazing group and the music we all make together.
It was well-organised, friendly and welcoming (this was my first time!). Really enjoyed the rehearsals and always left with a smile on my face.
I enjoyed all the rehearsals, the singing, meeting friends and making new ones!
The concerts were most enjoyable, especially seeing old friends in the audience!
Absolutely love being part of Groby Sings, I’m buzzing with pride. Hats off to Simon & Paul, for their amazing creativity and musical prowess, not forgetting Cliff on 2nd keys and Jane who holds us all together. Massive thanks for their weekly commitment (come rain, hail or shine), and the army of volunteers who help make everything safe and run smoothly for us at the practices and concerts. It’s an absolute pleasure and joy to sing as a ‘whole’ choir and watch Simon (oh yes I was!) We are soooo lucky to have you all (and the Nik, Nick, guest Sax, musicians ).
Groby Sings acknowledges with gratitude the generous support of singers...
Rambling Rector
The Free Ladies
Spirit of Yorkshire
Thank You for the Music
The Dancing Duet
It’s Elementary
Il Basso
Loopy Lu
Anonymous Alto
Humans Are Woven Together
A Newish Boy
Amazing Altos
Maisie Charles
Happy Face and the Geeky Scientist
Always Be Kind
For M&M
And local businesses:
1. Classic Cuts
Ladies’, gentlemen’s and children’s hair design
0116 287 8804
11 Lawnwood Road, Groby LE6 0BH
2. Glenfield Electrical
0116 298 3804
Mill Lane Industrial Estate, The Mill Lane, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8DX
3. EdithJames Catering
07951 548682
Edithjamescatering@outlook.com
which have enabled our words booklets to be provided for free to all singers.
Groby Sings could not happen without the generosity of...
The Club, Groby
English Martyrs School
Brockington College
St Philip and St James' Church, Groby
The Thomas Herbert Smith Trust Fund
Groby Library and Time Out Cafe
Making Music
The Dementia Programme Board of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
The Worshipful Company Weavers
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
Registered Charity 1180490