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24.01.2022 Where are you singing from? Get creative and inspire us all. . .... #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem @Shaun Islip
24.01.2022 New Open Door Singers rehearsal format
23.01.2022 E-hearsal to Uplift, Inspire, Unite and extend Hope and Encouragement to All Monday night from 7.30pm an online rehearsal (e-Hearsal) with Open Door Singers musical director Shaun Islip will be streamed live on Facebook. This link will give you access to the live stream: https://www.facebook.com/groups/563065373754556/... (this is the private Facebook group for ODS members only!) If you do not have access, please hit the join button first, so the admin at the back-end can give members access to join the closed Facebook group first.
23.01.2022 For the past 5 weeks we celebrated highlights from "DISNEY", "MY FAIR LADY', "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, "LES MISERABLES and THE GREATEST SHOWMAN with the most magnificent costume party nights on Facebook Live and Zoom. How impressive that Shaun & Margot dress to the theme week after week and celebrating Life, Lyrics, Love and Laughter with Open Door Singers! Like to join us in singing, here is how: ... Facebook live: every Monday at 7.30pm via ODS Facebook. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the ‘Join’ button and we will respond accordingly. Zoom: every Wednesday at 7.30pm. A link is posted in ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a direct message. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip
22.01.2022 Did you know that one of the newest additions to our repertoire - Mr. Blue Sky, by the Electric Light Orchestra, is scientifically proven to be the worlds happiest song? We will be performing this classic song at the Combined Open Door Singers Choir Concert on Sunday, April 5. Tickets will be available from next week. If you haven't already done so, put this date in your diary now. This is one concert not to be missed!
22.01.2022 "Never One Thing" is an empowering anthem which we will be performing at the Massed Choir Concert for Bushfire Relief on Sunday April 5. Tickets are $25.00 and are available now at all rehearsals. This will be an amazing event, with over 300 singers on stage, so make sure you book your tickets now. #opendoorsingers #bushfirerelief #singing #choirs #canterbury #docklands #eltham #besencentre
19.01.2022 Its Zoom Wednesday. It is such fun catching up visually with everyone. Join us in singing lifting your spirits. It really helps!... How? Zoom, link is posted at ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the Join button or send us a message. . . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip
19.01.2022 Friendly reminder: Tonight at 7.30pm: Open Door Singers live streaming e-hearsal Let your housemate(s) join you, turn the volume up and sing along from the comfort of your own homes or perhaps your balcony.... Looking forward to reading your comments during the livestream. Please take a selfie with our choir setup and send this via email or Facebook Messages to Shaun & Margot. They would love to see your creativity. #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia
19.01.2022 e-Hearsal to Uplift, Inspire, Unite and extend Hope and Encouragement to All Monday night from 7.30pm an online rehearsal (e-Hearsal) with Open Door Singers musical director Shaun Islip will be streamed live on Facebook. This link will give you access to the live stream: https://www.facebook.com/groups/563065373754556/... (this is the private Facebook group for ODS members only!) If you do not have access, please hit the join button first, so the admin at the back-end can give members access to join the closed Facebook group first. Let your housemate(s) join you, turn the volume up and sing along from the comfort of your own homes or perhaps your balconies. Looking forward to reading your comments during the livestream. #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia
18.01.2022 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Timings of a safe return to Choral Singing will vary significantly in different countries and regions. A more specific report regarding timings of return to, and the future of Choral Singing in Australia will be available soon.... In the mean time, some helpful thoughts on the benefits of online singing:
18.01.2022 Monday Monday, So good to me It has been a while since we sang this song, so here is a little help to practise today. Looking forward seeing you all at tonights rehearsal via ODS Facebook livestream... . . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChNNqKska4E
18.01.2022 With some great new songs and our Combined Concert fast approaching, there is no better time to join Open Door Singers. Rehearsals for the concert are now in full swing. The concert is a fundraiser for bushfire relief and tickets at $25 are available at every rehearsal location. Check our website for details of times and venues - www.opendoorsingers.org.au #opendoorsingers #choirs #singing #docklands #eltham #canterbury #bushfirerelief
17.01.2022 The Rose is recently added to our repertoire. Already much loved by many Open Door Singers. Bette Midler made the song famous when she recorded it for her 1979 film The Rose, in which it plays during the closing credits. .... . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip #therose #bettemidler
16.01.2022 For an hour we are Calling the Whole Covid Thing Off Join us in singing lifting your spirits. It really helps! When? Every Monday and Thursday night at 7.30pm Melbourne time... How? Facebook livestream via the Open Door Singers See you there! . . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem @Shaun Islip #gershwin
15.01.2022 Discover the joys of singing in an Open Door Singers choir. We have choirs in Canterbury, Docklands and Eltham. Visit our website for details of times and locations - www.opendoorsingers.org.au #singing #choirs #canterbury #eltham #docklands
15.01.2022 Get the decorations out and let's make our Zoom sing a memorable Christmas in July tonight. Looking forward seeing all creativity... . .... #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip #christmasinjuly
14.01.2022 Were words leave off music begins . Captured at Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne . .... #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem KereKere Green
14.01.2022 Have you bought your tickets for the Open Door Singers Massed Choir Concert for Bushfire Relief on Sunday April 5th? This will be a spectacular afternoon featuring music from The Greatest Showman, West Side Story, ELO, Adele...and even a little opera! Tickets at $25 are available at all rehearsals. Don't miss out! ... #opendoorsingers #bushfirerelief #singing #choirs #canterbury #docklands #eltham
12.01.2022 From Monday it is Phantom of the Opera week at ODS. Join us in singing and have your props ready! Upon its Broadway opening, the show won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical. The shows initial popularity grew and shows no signs of warning to this day the production has been translated into multiple languages and performed in 28 countries across 6 continents. Watch this composition of one of the most famous scenes sang in 16 languages. How am...azing! Like to join, here is how: Facebook live: every Monday at 7.30pm via ODS Facebook Group. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the Join button and we will respond accordingly. Zoom: every Wednesday at 7.30pm. A link is posted in ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a message. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip #ThePhantomOfTheOpera https://youtu.be/lcfK7SU_gFE
12.01.2022 It was World Singing Day last Saturday. It’s never too late to share this beautiful 2020 theme song Till the Whole World Sings by Scott Johnson and Chad Warren. Volume up and sing along. Love to sing? The Open Door Singer are inviting you to sing along with us. Here is how: ... Facebook live: every Monday at 7.30pm via ODS Facebook. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the ‘Join’ button and we will respond accordingly. Zoom: every Wednesday at 7.30pm. A link is posted in ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a direct message. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip World Singing Day
12.01.2022 THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF THE VIRTUAL CHORISTER Living in isolation was never more real than when attempting to be a part of a virtual choir. Our community choir, named "Open Door Singers", moved online Monday nights, led with much skill, enthusiasm and charm by Shaun and his wife Margot. I missed gathering with my fellow choristers very deeply, but each week, with much determination I entered my bathroom, resplendent in my comfiest clothes. There, unseen and unheard, I san...Continue reading
11.01.2022 Tonight from 7.30pm an online rehearsal with Open Door Community Singers which we streamed live on Facebook. This link will give you access to the live stream: https://www.facebook.com/groups/563065373754556/?ref=share (this is the private Facebook group for ODS members only)... If you do not have access, hit the join button please, so the admin at the back-end can give members access to join in first. Turn the volume up and sing along everyone from the comfort of your own homes
10.01.2022 'Were words leave off music begins' . Captured at Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne . .... #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem KereKere Green
10.01.2022 Get the decorations out and lets make our Zoom sing a memorable Christmas in July tonight. Looking forward seeing all creativity... . .... #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip #christmasinjuly
10.01.2022 Our Massed Choir Concert is fast approaching! Tickets are still available, but are selling like hot cakes. The concert is raising funds for BlazeAid, a volunteer-based organisation that works with families and individuals in rural Australia after natural disasters such as fires and floods. Tickets are $25 and are available at all choir locations. Don't miss out!... #opendoorsingers #blazeaid #canterbury #docklands #eltham #singing #choirs #bushfirerelief #besencentre
09.01.2022 Being separated from each other has been extremely challenging for all of us Open Door Singers. But coming together through music, even virtually, has been very healing. We hope our music makes you feel the same way. Join us in singing lifting your spirits. It really helps!... How? A zoom, link is posted at ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the Join button. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a message. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip #billyjoel
09.01.2022 From Monday it is 'Phantom of the Opera week at ODS. Join us in singing and have your props ready! Upon its Broadway opening, the show won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical. The show's initial popularity grew and shows no signs of warning to this day the production has been translated into multiple languages and performed in 28 countries across 6 continents. Watch this composition of one of the most famous scenes sang in 16 languages. How am...azing! Like to join, here is how: Facebook live: every Monday at 7.30pm via ODS Facebook Group. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the Join button and we will respond accordingly. Zoom: every Wednesday at 7.30pm. A link is posted in ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a message. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip #ThePhantomOfTheOpera https://youtu.be/lcfK7SU_gFE
09.01.2022 Being separated from each other has been extremely challenging for all of us Open Door Singers. But coming together through music, even virtually, has been very healing. We hope our music makes you feel the same way. Join us in singing lifting your spirits. It really helps!... How? A zoom, link is posted at ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the Join button. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a message. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip
09.01.2022 It’s The Greatest Showman week at ODS. Join us in singing and have your props ready! The Greatest Showman is a musical starring Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron and Zendaya. It tells the true story of the legendary circus ringmaster P.T. Barnum and the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and features one of the most fantastic movie soundtracks ever recorded.... Like to join us in singing, here is how: Facebook live: every Monday at 7.30pm via ODS Facebook Group. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the ‘Join’ button and we will respond accordingly. Zoom: every Wednesday at 7.30pm. A link is posted in ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a direct message. We would love to hearing from you. . . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Greatest Showman Shaun Islip https://media.giphy.com/media/5heRf3BAtwUtwnCc2m/giphy.gif
08.01.2022 Friendly reminder: Tonight at 7.30pm: Open Door Singers Gospel Choir live streaming e-hearsal Let your housemate(s) join you, turn the volume up and sing along from the comfort of your own homes or perhaps your balcony.... Looking forward to reading your comments during the livestream. Please take a selfie with our choir setup and send this via email or Facebook Messages to Shaun & Margot. They would love to see your creativity. This link will give you access to the live stream: https://www.facebook.com/groups/563065373754556/ #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia
08.01.2022 Open Door Singer to Uplift, Inspire, Unite and extend Hope and Encouragement to All New members are most welcome to join. Send us a Message and we will get back to you on how to join. #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia
07.01.2022 What better way to end the Australia Day long weekend than singing with Open Door Community Singers tonight? Join us when we sing Australia's unofficial anthem - You're the Voice - a new addition to our repertoire. Meet new friends and become part of the Open Door Singers family. Come tonight - Habitat Uniting Church, cnr. Burke and Mont Albert Roads, Canterbury, 7.30pm - 9.30pm. We also have choirs in Docklands and Eltham. Our website has details of times and locatio...ns - www.opendoorsingers.org.au #opendoorsingers #choirs #canterbury #eltham #docklands #singing
06.01.2022 Monday Monday, Dada Dada Dada... Looking forward seeing you all at tonights rehearsal via ODS Facebook Group. Not a member yet? Please press the 'Join' button or send us a Message and we get back to you.... . . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip
04.01.2022 This photo from our combined concert two years ago is a reminder of what a massed choir of over 300 people looks like. Our next concert is on Sunday April 5th when we will be raising funds for Bushfire Relief. This spectacular afternoon will feature music from The Greatest Showman and West Side Story, and the song scientifically proven to be the world's happiest - ELO's Mr. Blue Sky. Tickets at $25 are available at all rehearsals. This is one concert not to be missed! ... #opendoorsingers #bushfirerelief #singing #choirs #canterbury #docklands #eltham
04.01.2022 100 Open Door Singers together in one Zoom session. What an amazing experience! Press to watch the slide show below. Well do it again on Wednesday. This time with even larger capacity.... The link for the Zoom session will be shared in the OpenDoorSingers Facebook Group prior to this session. Looking forward seeing you all. #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip
03.01.2022 Our new ‘EARWORM’ song is a lovely French Canadian folk song called ‘J’entends le Moulin’ (I Hear the Wind Mill), which dates back to at least 1880s. This version, live performed at a Renaissance Festival in Florida by Misti Bernard and Billy Miller of Hooligans, also tells the story behind the song. Enjoy! Love to join the Open Door Singers in joyful song? We warmly welcome you. ... Here is how: Facebook live: every Monday at 7.30pm via ODS Facebook. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the ‘Join’ button and we will respond accordingly. Zoom: every Wednesday at 7.30pm. A link is posted in ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a message. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Eltham Shaun Islip https://youtu.be/-JOI_4EBZFo
02.01.2022 We have started on a medley of The Phantom of the Opera. This specific clip was recommended to watch by one of our members at our Facebook Live rehearsal last week: The Phantom of the Opera's 25th Anniversary Gala Performance at Royal Albert Hall London. https://youtu.be/EGb4hj-EXt0... Isn't it marvellous?! Enjoy everyone. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip #phantomoftheopera
02.01.2022 On Wednesday, May 20, A Choral organisation named Gondwana produced a highly informative webinar addressing issues facing choral singing in Australia. The link to the webinar is below, and I hope it will work for those who havent registered. The next in the series: Back to Choir: Positive and practical steps will be aired @ 7.30pm this Wednesday 27 May. Registration is free, but necessary to view the webinar. https://hirs.maillist-manage.com/click.zc
01.01.2022 Keep calm and sing on Melbourne. Like to join the Open Door Singer in singing, here is how: Facebook live: every Monday at 7.30pm via ODS Facebook. No access to ODS Facebook Group yet? Please press the ‘Join’ button and we will respond accordingly.... Zoom: every Wednesday at 7.30pm. A link is posted in ODS Facebook Group and provided via email to all members. Want to become member of Open Door Singers? Please send us a direct message. . . #opendoorsingers #melbourne #singing #choir #ehearsal #COVID19Australia #COVID2019 #coronavirusaustralia #zoom #ODS #Docklands #Camberwell #Elthem Shaun Islip
