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Date:  29 October 2007

Jewish Care's connect@ choir seeks new members to enjoy the "feel-good factor"

Could this be Jewish Care’s answer to The Zimmers? Amateur singers with good voices are invited to join a mixed choir set up by Michelle Goldberg, Adela Lassman and John Rose, accompanied by Annette Saville on piano. The choir meets at 1.30pm on Wednesday afternoons at the charity’s connect@hendon day service, held at Hendon Reform Synagogue in Danescroft Avenue.

“Coming along to a singing group is one of the greatest therapies – when you sing you forget all your troubles,” says Michelle Goldberg, a member of the now defunct Sobell Singers. “People make friends with each other and there is a strong sense of support,” she adds.

Former nursery school head Adela Lassman claims that singing is “in her blood. My father was a chazzan and I’ve sung all my life. There’s a feel-good factor, it’s very therapeutic,” she enthuses.

With a glorious deep bass voice, choir member John Rose also sings with the choir at Hendon United Synagogue in Raleigh Close. “Don’t call me a professional,” he jokes, adding: “I’d rather understate my abilities and give people a nice surprise.”

The connect@ choir will perform at care homes and other venues and are planning to put on their first concert at Chanukah. Their varied repertoire includes songs from West End Shows, 1940s wartime music, songs from the 1920s and pop songs, as well as Hebrew and Yiddish melodies.

For details, call Adela Lassman on 020 8458 2076.