Would you like to join our Choir?
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We are always on the look out for new singers in all voices of the choir, just come along to a rehearsal and make yourself known to Andrew Barratt our Musical Director, or Eddie Taylor our Secretary. If, after a couple of weeks you wish to join, Andrew will ask you to undergo a short audition in private.
Our rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The United Reformed Church Hall which is on the corner of St George's Road and Clifton Drive, just behind The Square in Lytham St Annes. Rehearsals for the 2009-10 season started on Tuesday September 1st 2009.
We do have a summer break but our Deputy Director, Anne, usually holds summer sing events which quite a few of us go along to to sing for pleasure and to keep our voices in trim ready for the next Season's concert. Rehearsals for the 2009-10 Season start in September.
We want to encourage you to join us and share our enjoyment of making music !
Our Choir
We are a choir of roughly 100 members led by our musical director Andrew Barratt, Director of Music at Kirkham Grammar School. We sing a varied repertoire; recent concerts have included works by Handel, Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Haydn, Schubert, Dvořák, Verdi, Finzi, Karl Jenkins, Vaughan Williams and John Rutter. We usually perform three concerts per season: one in early November, a Christmas concert in mid-December and a concert in late April/early May.
Social Events
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Our primary aim is to enjoy ourselves while producing good music of a high quality. We hope to engender a friendly atmosphere and, to that end, organise various social events which, in the past, have included an annual dinner, coffee mornings, barbecues and concert and other trips. There is usually an after-concert party, where we bring our own food and drink. Some members visit the local hostelry, The Trawlboat in Wood Street, after rehearsals.
Some of us at one of our Rehearsals
Choir members also sing at extra events such as occasional services at local churches and evensong at Cartmel Priory. In recent seasons our social activities have included parties after each concert, wine-tasting, barbecues and outings to concerts etc .