10th Anniversary Concert

To celebrate HCGC’s 10 years of singing, performing, sharing and laughing together we gather on the stage at St Luke’s Church for a special anniversary concert. Most of the seats are taken, but there are still a few empty rows. The audience is quiet, there are still people making their way in. We stand in our sections, mics protruding over us. Cece raises her hand, the band plays the … Continue reading 10th Anniversary Concert

From Gospel to Grime

Near Neighbours is an organisation whose aim is to bring together people of different faiths and ethnicity; encouraging them to work toward a better understanding of each other and to positively engage in working together on initiatives to improve their shared community.  They offer small grants to local groups working to better community relationships. Harrow Community Gospel Choir (HCGC) successfully applied to Near Neighbours for … Continue reading From Gospel to Grime

Windrush : The Pain and Trauma of Disconnection

“Yuh mudda nuh want yuh no more!” It has been 73 years since the His Majesty’s Transport Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury docks in Essex. The 22nd June 1948 marks the era of the Windrush generation and their descendants. Like me, Cecelia, Rita, Carol and many others both here in HCGC and outside of this place Windrush descendants live all over the United Kingdom, this … Continue reading Windrush : The Pain and Trauma of Disconnection