Sea of Songs 1st April 2017

The concert in the new Selsey Lifeboat Station was a huge success, raising £1675 for the Selsey Lifeboat.

The venue (not built for choral singing - but for housing the new Selsey Lifeboat) proved to have a lovely acoustic.  Feedback we received from members of the audience was very positive and we have been invited back to sing again in the future.

Source: Sue Lintott

We sang our usual mix of songs, ranging from "I do like to be beside the seaside" to a mix of traditional folk songs and spirituals.  Audience participation was also encouraged as they joined us for some of the songs. As we were singing for the lifeboat, we ended with "Eternal Father".

Rehearsals for the Sea of Songs concert

Sea of Songs

April 1st 2017 will be an exciting day for Off Centre and also Selsey Lifeboat Station.   There is going to be the final launch of the Selsey Lifeboat down its slipway at 11am.  You may be aware that a new station is being built and the well-known, one could almost say iconic, station will be demolished along with its pier. The Selsey RNLI are planning a full day (check out the Selsey Lifeboat website) but the day culminates with a concert by Off Centre in the new station house. Not only do you get to hear us singing, but you will be able to get inside the new building. The concert is "Sea of Songs" and as you may guess, will contain a number of water related themes.  The concert starts at 7pm, but I suggest you buy your tickets in advance as there is a real buzz about this concert and you may not be able to buy on the door!

Hand over of the cheque from our St John's ChurchChristmas Concert to Stonepillow

Off Centre Christmas 2016 concert at St John's Church Chichester

On December  11th Off Centre joined their singing with a number of readings with a Christmas Theme at St John's Church in Chichester. The  proceeds from this lovely festive afternoon, including mulled wine and mince pies went to our local charity for helping homeless people 'Stonepillow'. Included among the readers was Patricia Routledge, well known actress and local resident. 

The Choir sang  'Il est ne le divine enfant'  'The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came' and 'Pat a Pan' all European carols giving the event an international flavour! In addition a number of traditional  Christmas carols were sung by audience and choir, and a very enjoyable audience participation version of the 12 days of Christmas, preceding Miss Routledge's reading of John Julius Norwich's amusing series of letters imagining the chaos caused by such gifts!

A very enjoyable event with the added satisfaction of a contribution of £900 to Stonepillow.



Off Centre's next concert will be in aid of the RNLI and held on the 1st of April 2017 (yes really!) in the new Lifeboat House on the Kingsway in Selsey. Do come along and enjoy an evening of 'salty' and 'fishy' music to support the important work of the Lifeboats!

Our Leader!

Many thanks to our accompanist Jan Lewis

Our pre performance rehearsal

Money raised from concerts in 2015

Summer Concert on 20 June

£400 for the Nepal Earthquake Disaster Fund

Christmas Concert on 6 December

£461.66 for Stonepillow, Chichester