Manchester Community Choir Newsletter January 2024
Tue, 16 Jan 2024
Welcome to the first Manchester Community Choir newsletter of 2024.
The choir is looking forward to a new year of rehearsing and performing in new venues and old favourites.
We are excited to take part in the Street Choirs' Festival, which will be held in Sheffield in early June 2024, and the Llangollen Eisteddfod early in July.
Meanwhile we invite our readers to enjoy reading about our lovely festive performances at the Stockport Fairtrade Fair, the Manchester Craft and Design Centre and Manchester Central Library. All of these performances brought 2023 to a celebratory finale, sharing our love of singing with old friends and new.
Table of Contents
Festive Sunday at Manchester Craft and Design Centre - Sun, 12 Nov 2023
Craft and Design Centre, 12 Nov 2023
Stockport Fair Trade Christmas Fair - Sat, 18 Nov 2023
Stockport Fair Trade Fair, 18 Nov 2023
Christmas Extravaganza at Manchester Central Library - Sat, 16 Dec 2023
Manchester Central Library, 16 Dec 2023
And finally ....
Festive Sunday at Manchester Craft and Design Centre
Sun, 12 Nov 2023
Event Details
Type of event:
Performance
Venue:
Manchester Craft and Design Centre 17 Oak Street, Manchester M4 5JD
Description:
Singing in the rain
So, we have had Halloween, Bonfire Night, and on Sunday when we sang it was Armistice Day and the start of Diwali. Clearly, it was time for our first festive performance of the year! After our warm-up rehearsal in Band on the Wall, the choir sang under the canopy outside the Manchester Craft and Design Centre and sheltered from the rain unlike our amazingly enthusiastic, if wet, audience. We did not really overdo the run up to Christmas unless you include our final Lapland reindeer song Oley le Leyla and, yes, a few choir members did put on their reindeer antlers! And to capture this time of year we also sang the lovely ‘Past Three A’Clock’ which invites us to hang on until the days get warmer and lighter. To lift our spirits even further in these challenging times we sang the glorious song ‘Be the Light’ which is based on a gem of poem read by Amanda Gorman at Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021. Joni Mitchell’s song ‘River’ captures the pain that can be there for some of us around Christmas, but it is a curiously uplifting song. Despite the wet weather, we had a great time, and the audience enjoyed our beautiful harmonies. Thanks to the Craft and Design Centre for their hospitality. William West - Bass
Photo gallery: Craft and Design Centre, 12 Nov 2023
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Stockport Fair Trade Christmas Fair
Sat, 18 Nov 2023
Event Details
Type of event:
Performance
Venue:
Stockport Masonic Guildhall, 169-171 Wellington Road South Stockport SK1 3UA
Description:
Photo gallery: Stockport Fair Trade Fair, 18 Nov 2023
Stockport Fair Trade Fair, 18 Nov 2023
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Christmas Extravaganza at Manchester Central Library
Sat, 16 Dec 2023
Event Details
Type of event:
Performance
Photo gallery: Manchester Central Library, 16 Dec 2023
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And finally ....
Please remember to visit our website at https://www.manchestercommunitychoir.org.uk/ to watch videos of recent performances, see photographs of us in action and find out more about upcoming events, as we add them over the year.
