PAST PERFORMANCES to 2013
AUTUMN 2013
DECEMBER: Our Cakes and Carols event was a nice opportunity to show friends and family what we had been working on during the autumn and to entertain them with our Christmas material. It also raised £180 to help us with the costs of rent and professional fees.
NOVEMBER: We had the pleasure of performing for a private party at the Red Hall Hotel - where our renditions of "Help Me Rhonda" and "The Doo Ron Ron", in particular, went down very well.
NOVEMBER: We had the pleasure of performing for a private party at the Red Hall Hotel - where our renditions of "Help Me Rhonda" and "The Doo Ron Ron", in particular, went down very well.
SUMMER 2013
JULY: A very busy month for us as we put on a concert for Friends & Family the (very hot) night before we headed off to Aberystwyth for the 31st National Street Choirs Festival. We rounded off our year by singing at a local wedding in Bury - which was well received. The songs below are from the Family and Friends Concert.
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Masithi Amen
"Moon River" H Mancini & Johnny Mercer, arr. W Sergeant
"Singing in the Rain", Freed & Brown, arr. J Gibb & F Watson
"Let the River Run", Carly Simon
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"Ain't Gonna Study War" Roxane Smith
Freedom is Coming (in Welsh)
"Happy Together", The Turtles, arr. Gitika Partington
"One Day Like This", Guy Garvey (Elbow), arr. C Rowbury
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EARLY JUNE: A gloriously fun day as part of the Manchester Day Parade, we joined hundreds of other singers raising funds for Water Aid in Sing for Water North. The buttons below will take you to You Tube videos of the day
SPRING 2013
LATE MARCH: A cracking Concert and Cakes event for our families and friends. The track on the home page was our opening number, "Bring out Your Voices". Recordings of other songs we sang that night can be found below.
EARLY MARCH: A lovely workout at the Fairtrade Event at the Bury Met where we were able to showcase 5 of our current numbers in the presence of the Lady Mayor.
EARLY MARCH: A lovely workout at the Fairtrade Event at the Bury Met where we were able to showcase 5 of our current numbers in the presence of the Lady Mayor.
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Siyabonga, Zulu Gospel Song
Chanson, H Yeomans
Plovi Barko, Croation Folk Song
The Map Song
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Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Dylan, arr Nickomo
Happy Together, The Turtles, arr. G Partington
Let the River Run, Carly Simon
Jikelele, Trad S.African Song, arr M Sibanda
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AUTUMN 2012
DECEMBER: We had a short, but very enjoyable performance
of our winter-themed repertoire at Bury Art Gallery on 1st December.
Thanks to all who came and hope you enjoyed the performance.
OCTOBER: Had a great time singing as part of Bury Light Night
OCTOBER: Had a great time singing as part of Bury Light Night
NATIONAL STREET CHOIRS FESTIVAL 2012
On the weekend of 13th - 15th July we hosted this huge annual event which is in it's 30th year now. 700 singers divided between 29 choirs came from Edinburgh to Brighton, Cambridge to Aberystwyth and all points in between.
See them all our Festival face book page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Streetchoir-Festival-2012/283841911680230
Our special thanks go to:
1. The students from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA for their excellent volunteering skills and support: Amelia, Andreas, Andrew, Dara, Gerald, Haylee, Kayleigh, Khusbu, Suzanne, Tina.
2. Wendy and team at 'Delicious' Bury for your exceptional catering skills, support, advice, flexibility and that all essential ingredient - a sense of humour!
3. Outstanding Beers, Bury. You have a great local brew there lads and lasses!
4. The Rocket - brilliant performance lads. http://www.facebook.com/TheRocketOfficial
5. Alun Parry - see you at The Met Theatre, Bury soon.
6. The Earthquakers ceilidh band, Bolton
7. Bury Parish Church for their generous loan of tables and kitchen items.
8. Eagles' Wing Group Bury for all the fabulous volunteers who turned our in force to help us set up the sports hall and turn it into a concert venue.
9. Bury council volunteer stewards pool for turning out on a very rare dry, summer Saturday afternoon to assist us.
10. Holy Cross College, Bury for the use of your buildings on Sunday 15th July as our workshop venue
11. The Met Theatre, Bury for your events management support and ongoing advice.
12. Stagetex Ltd for stepping into a very wide breach at the 11th hour and providing us with a stage! THANK YOU.
13. Forever Manchester & Bury Council Community Fund for helping us pay for the aforementioned stage.
14. Castle Leisure Centre staff, Bury for being so accommodating and helpful on Friday and Saturday nights.
15. Bury Art Gallery for allowing us inside to sing - the acoustics are amazing and the experience is hopefully one to be repeated. Fabulous space and vocal venue.
A million, million thanks to everyone (whether named above or not) who helped us host this large event in our small Pennine town.
See them all our Festival face book page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Streetchoir-Festival-2012/283841911680230
Our special thanks go to:
1. The students from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA for their excellent volunteering skills and support: Amelia, Andreas, Andrew, Dara, Gerald, Haylee, Kayleigh, Khusbu, Suzanne, Tina.
2. Wendy and team at 'Delicious' Bury for your exceptional catering skills, support, advice, flexibility and that all essential ingredient - a sense of humour!
3. Outstanding Beers, Bury. You have a great local brew there lads and lasses!
4. The Rocket - brilliant performance lads. http://www.facebook.com/TheRocketOfficial
5. Alun Parry - see you at The Met Theatre, Bury soon.
6. The Earthquakers ceilidh band, Bolton
7. Bury Parish Church for their generous loan of tables and kitchen items.
8. Eagles' Wing Group Bury for all the fabulous volunteers who turned our in force to help us set up the sports hall and turn it into a concert venue.
9. Bury council volunteer stewards pool for turning out on a very rare dry, summer Saturday afternoon to assist us.
10. Holy Cross College, Bury for the use of your buildings on Sunday 15th July as our workshop venue
11. The Met Theatre, Bury for your events management support and ongoing advice.
12. Stagetex Ltd for stepping into a very wide breach at the 11th hour and providing us with a stage! THANK YOU.
13. Forever Manchester & Bury Council Community Fund for helping us pay for the aforementioned stage.
14. Castle Leisure Centre staff, Bury for being so accommodating and helpful on Friday and Saturday nights.
15. Bury Art Gallery for allowing us inside to sing - the acoustics are amazing and the experience is hopefully one to be repeated. Fabulous space and vocal venue.
A million, million thanks to everyone (whether named above or not) who helped us host this large event in our small Pennine town.
Holocaust Memorial Service 2012
@ Our Lady of Dolours RC Church, Prestwich
Thursday 26th January 2012
accompanying The Brixi Singers, Bolton
Noel: A Night of Music - Dec 2011
A special Christmas performance at The Met, sharing the stage with local jazz orchestra Metrojazz
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Bury Parish Church Arts Festival - Sept 2011
We were thrilled to be invited to take part in this festival. We performed our first solo concert to a packed parish church.
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Street Choir Festival Whitby - July 2011
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Sing For Water - June 2011
Choirs from all around the North West congregated in Albert Square, Manchester to raise money for Water Aid.
Videos of the performance can be found on here You Tube courtesy of macdhui64.
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Prestwich Clough Day - May 2011
We were invited to sing at the annual Prestwich Clough Day held in St. Mary's Flower Park.
Despite the rain's best efforts, spirits were high as we were joined
by our friends the Splinter - a guitar workshop who meet weekly at
Prestwich Library.
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Bury's Big Sing on
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Street Choir Festival Sheffield - July 2010
Several members of the choir attended the National Street Choir Festival
in Sheffield where they joined 34 other choirs from Britain (one from
Germany) in a weekend of busking at various locations around town – and a
mass sing of 800 people!
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