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SATURDAY 16 JULY 2011 - SCUNTHORPE MALE VOICE CHOIR AND LEAVERS' CONCERT
We will be joining with the Scunthorpe Male Voice Choir to deliver a joint concert which will also be our Leavers' Concert. We are expecting to say goodbye to a large number of our choristers as they move on to take up places at Universities etc.
The concert will be held at The House commencing at 7.30 pm. This is expected to be a sell out concert. Watch for further information on tickets but please put the date in your diary.
SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2011 - COTTON TOWN CHORUS
We are delighted to announce that we will be joining with the highly talented and entertaining Cottontown Chorus from Bolton. The concert will be held at The House, Brumby Wood Lane, Scunthorpe. Cotton Town Chorus are a highly entertaining and enjoyable choir who entertained our choristers and won their affection with their truly enjoyable performance during the final of the Choir of the Year 2008. This will be a concert not to be missed so please put the date in your diary and watch out for publicity. This is expected to be a sell out so secure your place as soon as possible.
The concert will be held at The House commencing at 7.30 pm. Watch for further information.
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.
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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
