Guides and ideas
Help for choosing a gift, and how Chorus works.
A big birthday
36 questions to fall in love, rewritten for your mam’s 70th
Each person in the family answers one question about her. There are 12 more for children under 10.
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Gift guide
What to give someone who is still grieving, years on
Seven gifts for an anniversary, a birthday or Christmas years after a death. Each gift here comes from an Irish maker, with the date to order by for Christmas.
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How it compares
Remento vs Chorus: which voice keepsake is right for your family?
One centres a named storyteller’s life. The other gathers everyone’s stories about a person or occasion. We compare how each one records, who can take part, the book and the price.
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Mother’s Day
When is Mother’s Day 2027 in Ireland and the UK?
Sunday 7 March 2027. The next four years of dates, why it moves, and when to order if the family is making something.
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Father’s Day
When is Father’s Day 2027 in Ireland and the UK?
Sunday 20 June 2027. The next four years of dates, when to order, and what to do for the dad who says he wants nothing.
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A big birthday
How to collect birthday messages from a group and turn them into one gift
Send everyone one link and a question to answer. Their voices and photos go into one book.
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A wedding
An audio guestbook keeps the best part of a wedding: the people
Your guests record a message, give their marriage advice and add a photo, and it becomes one book you can hear, read and hold.
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Questions
30 questions to ask your grandparents about their life
Childhood, family, work, love, and the stories behind old photographs. Plus how to start the conversation.
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Questions
You don’t have to ask your grandparents to tell their whole story
If “tell me about your life” gets a short answer, give them a memory to respond to, and gather what the whole family remembers.
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Ideas
Keepsake and gift ideas for every occasion
One idea each for a birthday, a wedding, a new baby, a growing child and someone who has died. See what each one looks like.
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How to
What to say in a voice message for someone you love
Pick one thing you remember about them and start there. Here's what to say to a parent, a new baby and a couple.
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Questions
Questions to ask your parents and grandparents
Ask one, then let them talk. Save the list for the next visit.
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Gift ideas
Gift ideas for Mum, Dad, a new baby and a wedding
For Mum, ask her children and her friends. For Dad, get everyone to tell the stories he always tells.
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A big birthday
A voice keepsake for a milestone birthday
For a 60th, 70th or 80th, everyone who loves them records a message, and it becomes one book with their name on it.
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A wedding
A wedding keepsake of everyone's voices
Every guest records a message for the couple, and the ones who couldn't travel can record one too.
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A new baby
A voice keepsake for a new baby
Everyone who waited for this baby records a hello. The child hears every one of them when they're older.
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As they grow
A keepsake that grows with a child
The people around a child record a message on every birthday. The messages go into one book the child keeps.
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In memory
Keep their voice in a memorial keepsake
Everyone who loved them records a story, and it becomes one book the family can hear, read and hold.
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Gift guide
Sympathy gifts for someone grieving: what to send, and when
What to send in the first weeks, and what to send months later after the noise has passed.
Read → Bereavement supportGrief podcasts worth a listen
Eight grief podcasts, Irish and from further away, where people talk about someone they lost.
Read → Gift guideWhat to get someone who has everything, for a milestone birthday
Ask the people in their life to record a message for them.
Read → Gift guideGroup gift ideas where everyone gives something of themselves
Three group gifts where each person records a message, adds a recipe or sends a photo.
Read → Gift guideLong-distance grandparents: staying in a new baby's life
When the grandparents are a flight away, they see the baby mostly on a screen between visits.
Read → How it comparesThe audio guest book you can read and hold
Most audio guest books give you voice recordings and a link. Chorus turns everyone's messages into a printed book you can hear, read and hold.
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