Archive of Events

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.