44 choristers and chaperones travelled to The Sage in Durham for rehearsals for the Prom 68 event.  They joined other choirs for what was a spectacular time of rehearsing for four days before making our way down to London to take part in The Proms 2009 on 6 September.  The evening was outstanding with all choristers in the chorus coming together for a spectacular enjoyed by a packed Albert Hall.  To read the reviews from the Messiah please visit our BBC Proms 2009 page.

The choristers and chaperones would like to say thank you and well done to all the other choirs who took part in Messiah.  The other choirs were:

Hallé Youth Choir - Manchester
Quay Voices - The Sage
City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
National Youth Choir of Wales
RSCM Millennium Youth Choir

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Noye's Fludde was a great success enjoyed by many.  Many thanks to all the musicians who supported the performance as well as all the cast and Sue Hollingworth for pulling everything together.  A special thank you to the Committee for their organisation of the performance and especially to Alison East who made all the costumes.  They were fabulous and made the performance extra special.

The Choir were in action again recently performing at the Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe in the presence of HRH Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, organised by the Scunthorpe Musical Festival Committee in aid of charity.  

North Lincolnshire Council Large Community Organisation of the Year 2009

The Awards kept on coming with the Choir being named Large Community Organisation of the Year 2009 at a ceremony held at Ancholme Leisure Centre. 

At the presentation ceremony on 12 March 2009, Nikki received the Award on behalf of the Choir.

North Lincolnshire Council Liftetime Achiever Award

In addition Sue Hollingworth, Music Director of the Choir won the Lifetime Achievement Award for her work with the Choir.

Further Update on BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Competition

We are delighted to announce that the Choir have been successful in winning the overall title of BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year at the Royal Festival Hall on 7 December 2008.  It was a fantastic competition and very close with only one point separating the top two choirs.  We are all overwhelmed and extremely happy and proud with our win but equally we applaud the excellent performance given by the Cottontown Chorus.  This success follows the choir winning the Open Category Choir of the Year competition held in November at the Liverpool Philharmonic.

The hard work and dedication from these young choristers, Music Director and supporters has been justly rewarded.  We would also like to say a big thank you to our supporters who made the journey to London (and previously to Liverpool) to cheer us all on.  It was delightful to see so many parents and patrons joining in this celebration which is not only about what the choristers, Music Director and Committee have achieved but also about the support and dedication of parents who have for a long time been asked to ensure the choristers attended extra rehearsals.  We hope they, like us, will enjoy a very merry and relaxing Christmas and wish everyone of you a happy new year.

Please feel free to leave your comments and good wishes via the Contact Us link on the left of this page.

It seems a long time ago since we first put our bid in for funding to help the Choir secure the support of a Movement Coach to work with the choristers in preparation for the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year competition. HeartWell gave the choir £450 to start their campaign for BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year which was held in Sheffield in May.

Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire - Community Pot

Grateful thanks are extended to VANL for the grant of £500 from their Community Pot to enable the choir to purchase of an electric piano.

Awards for All Grant

Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir have successfully bid for £8,400 to stage the production of Noyes Fludde, a children's opera which it is hope to perform next year.  Further details will be published on this website closer to the time.  For more information on Awards for All or how your organisation may apply for funding, please visit their website http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/index.html

St Andrew's Church, Epworth

The Choir recently performed at St Andrew's Church in Epworth in aid of the Church Restoration Fund. It was a lovely warm afternoon when the Choir entertained a full church with a selection of songs, gave a repeat performance of their Choir of the Year entry, albeit with not their normal full complement and also enjoyed solos performed by some of the Chorister.

Music Learning Live Conference 2008

75 choristers made the journey to Gateshead on 1 February 2008 to entertain delegates at the Music Learning Live Conference which was held at the Sage in the town. Leaving early in the day at 8.00 am, we travelled in strong winds to Gateshead where we were met by snow. After giving their performance, the choristers were treat to a visit to the Discovery Museum before having something to eat at Harry Ramsdens and making the long journey back to Scunthorpe. Luckily the snow stopped. It was a very good day and all Choristers were excellent and a credit to all. Pictures can be found in the photo album section.

'Look All Around You Again'

His Royal Highness Prince Seeiso of Lesotho was the guest of honour at a 'Look All Around You Again' concert held at the Plowright Theatre on 25 January 2008.

Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir were delighted to be invited to entertain the Prince at the concert which was arranged this year to raise money for the village of Malealea, in the African nation of Lesotho. The country, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is land-locked and entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. The country of Lesotho is ravaged with disease and is one of the poorest in the world. Many parents have died of Aids, forcing their children to work to fund schooling. In the southern African country, fees for high school are £3 a week but those working earn less than 60p a day.

Caerphilly 2007

As we reported 50 members of the Choir were able to visit Caerphilly at the end of August. The trip was a great success with highlights including an excellent joint concert with the Caerphilly Children's Choir, tour of historic Caerphilly castle and a visit to the Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans. The pictures show the choir and their chaperones at the Castle....

and being presented with their "new mascot" a Welsh Dragon....

See the Photo Album for more pictures.

£7000 Grant will fund trip to Caerphilly

Thanks to the generosity of the Humber and Wolds Rural Community Council members of the Choir will be able to enjoy a trip to the historic Welsh town of Caerphilly at a much reduced cost. A Grant of £7000 has been made from the charity's Local Network Fund which aims to create opportunities for young people to a"release potential" and " achieve excellence"

The trip is planned for the end of August. The picture shows musical Director, Susan Hollingworth (left) receiving the cheque from Pat Greenwood of HWRCC watched by excited members of the Choir!

St. Hybald's Church, Hibaldstow was full to bursting when the choir gave a concert in aid of its restoration fund on 24th March 2007. As usual no one was disappointed by the performance which included items by the two training choirs and the main choir.

On January 27th a group of 20 SCJC choristers travelled to Huddersfield university to take part in a Jazz Day led by Scott Stroman.

Stroman has been a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London since 1983 and since 1984 Head of their Jazz Program, renowned as one of the best in Europe. During the workshop Choristers - and some of their chaperones enjoyed learning several pieces by rote involving harmony and improvisation. It was a very enjoyable experience for everyone who attended.

On December 15th the Choir sang in a Christmas Special with International artist Michael Dore at Grimsby Central Hall. Michael is a native of Grimsby who trained at the Guildhall School of Music in London. His professional singing career has taken him around the world and includes a spell as a member of the famous Swingle Singers. As well as singing several Christmas items on their own, the choir accompanied Michael in several Solo items from his repertoire of film, musical and popular songs.

The Choir returned to Normanby Hall in December and were filmed singing carols from BBC Look North. Their performance of Angel Gabriel was screened a couple of days later and was published on the BBC Humberside web site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2006/12/22/choirs_feature.shtml

In November the Training Choir presented their new waistcoats when they were recorded for a new series on the BBC, called Take A Bow.

The programme will be shown on CBeebies and features youngsters from around the UK taking part in musical and sporting activities.

The pictures show the choristers on the impresive staircase inside the Hall, and getting to grips with the soundman's microphone in the formal garden.

On 21 October members of our main choir joined the Grimsby Philharmonic Society for a perofrmance of Carmena Burana which was held at Grimsby Central Hall.

Musical Director, Sue Hollingworth conducted the performance which was accompanied by local pianists Caroline Clemow and Anthony Goldstone, along with a percussion ensemble brought together for the performance.

The Choir Reunion on 1st July was a great success with around 70 past members taking part in the day's events and joining the current choir for a fantastic concert in the evening.

The picture below shows some of the choristers with Lesley Garrett who we met at the Llangollen International Eistedfodd in 2005.

Lin Marsh Workshop

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Llangollen Picture Special

The choir rehearsed at Dolywern before "settling down" for a night's sleep.....

 

Competitors from all over the world perform in their traditional national costumes.

 

The choristers joined in with the Hawaiian dance workshop whilst waiting to give their outdoor performance.

 

Lesley Garrett was an unexpected member of the audience for our outdoor performance...

 

Lesley and her mother, Margaret, who sings with the Scunthorpe Choral Society, joined the choir for photographs.

 

 

Paris Picture Special

The choir took their concert performances seriously and reached high standards.

 

The fantastic venues brought out the best in them.

The SCJC logo was prominent on the special T-shirts bought for the trip.

 

The Musical Director dressed in style for the Disneyland concert!

Not all work... there were plenty of opportunities to enjoy the sights

Festival of Christmas Trees 2007 - Training Choirs

The two training choirs sang and entertained a large audience at St Mark's Church Hall at the Rotary Club's Festival of Christmas Trees held on 2 December.

 They have been busy making and decorating a christmas tree that was on show at the festival.

Below is one of the Training Choirs stood in front of their tree.  They were very proud of the final display and rightly so, as it looked fabulous and was clear to see the hard work and commitment put into it.  Congratulations to all.

And not forgetting of course the middle choir who also entertained everyone with their repertoire of Christmas songs.