As our name suggests, we light-heartedly think of ourselves as a ‘boy band’, even though our average age is 75-ish! We sing a range of popular songs dating mostly from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.
We formed following an impromptu singalong in the local pub after a Good Company rehearsal and called ourselves No Direction. Our Musical Director, Linda, heard us and suggested we perform in the next concert, and since then we have become a regular feature of the Good Company programme. Subsequently Linda has suggested that, since we appear to be improving, we should change our name to ‘Some Direction’ - watch this space!!
As well as being members of Good Company, we perform in our own right, raising money at events such as Probus groups, Weeford Church singalong, Huddlesford Heritage Gatherings, Sutton Rose Care Home’s Hoedown, collaboration events with ‘Our Choir', at local care homes and local pubs!
To date we have contributed towards the raising of over £11,100 which has benefitted, amongst others, Leukaemia Busters, Parkinson’s UK, Dementia UK, Macmillans, St Basil’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and restoration work at Weeford Church. We have also raised funds to help provide specialist care for a young man with critical needs.
We have sung in the wards at QE Hospital, and played live on Birmingham Hospitals radio as part of their Music Day. In September 2019 we performed in the Gracechurch Centre as part of the BBC Music Day when £849 was raised to support the charity "Home Instead Senior Care".
We recently performed at the Ludlow Brewery following a successful gig there a couple of years ago. On both occasions the public gave generously and the money went to charity.
Some of our most rewarding ‘gigs’ are performed at such venues as the Memory Lane Cafe, and at care homes, where our music can elicit positive responses from those living with dementia.
We visited a local recording studio and produced a CD featuring many of our most popular numbers; donations for these raised £250 for charity.