Apr
28
2014

2014 Project365 (Day 117)

Choir of the Year 2014

On Saturday 27 April the choir I sing in, Bel Canto, travelled to Basingstoke to compete in the the Choir of the Year 2014 competition. Letting 21 girls, one conductor and one pianist free with no husbands, partners or children is a dangerous thing. However, we all returned unscathed!

We flew to Southampton and got coaches to Basingstoke before being let loose on the shops for a short hour or so before we had to return to The Anvil to prepare to perform. The competition was made up of four different categories; Children, Youth, Adult and Open. We were performing in the Adult category, and Guernsey Girls Choir, which is the choir most of us were in originally, was in the Youth Category. At each session they put through one choir from each category to selection for the next round.

We performed Hilariter by Brian Hughes, She’s Like the Swallow by Edward T. Chapman and The Old Ark’s A-Movin, arranged by Robert Latham. The adjudicators gave us some really positive feedback and were very encouraging.

The competition really varied and the choirs were so different. We were delighted to be made the Adult Choir of the Day so we have been put through for selection to the next round. It doesn’t mean we go through, just that we are in the running. This picture is of us with our certificate.

Our evening ended up with a nice meal at the hotel although the meal was typically raucous.

It was a brilliant day and we really enjoyed seeing different choirs perform as well as the chance to spend some proper time together. I still think that it is funny that I have been singing with some of the these girls for over 20 years and we are still enjoying ourselves. That’s got to be a good advert for singing in a choir!

Written by Anna Williams in: Choir | Tags: ,

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