HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-05-28, Page 26This is a section of the Burton upon Trent Youth Choir of Staffordshire, England
singing from their varied repetoire. The choir will be performing in Goderich
early in August when it tours the U.S. and Canada. Its visit here is being spon-
sored by the Goderich Rotary Club, noted for promoting cultural events.
English choir here
for summer concerts
BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
On Thursday, August 7
the Burton upon Trent
, Youth Choir from Staf-
fordshire County,
England will arrive in
this town for two. weekend
performances as part of a
North American tour,...
The choir, an 'A
Kapella' choir made up of
young people ranging in
age from 16-23, is being
sponsored in Goderich by
the Rotary; Club, well-
known for 'promoting
cultural events such as
London Symphony
Orchestra concerts and
student exchanges.
While the • Rotarians
themselves will take care
of billeting most of the•
choir members, they are
also hoping that some
members of this com-
munity will open their
homes to the visitors. Bed
and breakfast billeting is
required for each choir
member for possibly as
many as four days and
four nights.
The choir will arrive in
Niagara Falls, New York
from Toronto on Monday,
July 21. From there, it
will travel by bus to
performances in Elkhart,
Indianna, Lansing,
Michigan, Bay City,
Michigan and Goderich,
returning to Manchester,
England on August 11.
After arriving in
Goderich, the choir will
perform , at Knox
'Presbyterian Church on
Friday evening, August 8,
On Sunday, August 10 it
will perform duringthe
regular morning worship
service at St. Georg'e's
Anglican Church. That
evening itrwill perform in
the Blyth Memorial Hall
as part of the Blyth
Summer Festival's
program.
The choir has a varied
repertoire from early
European music to the
present day, from sacred
to secular including items
of folk, musical and
modern. flavor. In ad-
dition, a number of its
members vary the choir
program with in-
termissions of 'group
music'.
Formed in 1968, the
choir is made up of
pupils, ex -pupils and
young teachers of schools
in and around Burton
upon Trent. It performs
mainly unaccompanied.
The choir is no stranger
to towns away from its
native England. This will
be the. third visit to the
U.S. and Canada where it
performed in New York,
Washington DC, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee,
Parkersburg, West
Virginia, Toronto,
Ellsworth, Maine, Boston
and Red Bank, New
Jersey.during a 1970 tour
and in Avon, New York,
Rochester, New York,
Niagara Falls, New
York, Bay City,
Michigan, Lansing,
Michigan, Harrisburg,
Penns •lVania and
Philadelphia during a
1974 tour:
The choir has also
toured extensively in
Europe, performing in
West Germany in: 1969,
Denmark and Holland in •
1972, Denmark again in
1975 and Holland, Ger-
many and Belgium in
1978.
These tours have each -
been carried; out where
possible on a reciprocal
hornestay or billet basis
to spread international
goodwill ° and un-
derstanding among the
youth of many nations.
All concerts have been
given without payment to
the choir or its 'leaders
and where funds have
been raised, they have
been donated ,,,1,q,,,, the
church or charity named
by the sponsors.
Concerts have . varied
from open air 'ones in U.S.
summer camps and the
City Square in Toronto to
the Royal Festival and
Royal Albert Halls in
London, England.
The choir has also
performed on the BBC
Radio in England, the
National Radio Network
in West Germany and on
a. _ half-hour television.
program in New York.
Fox a short time the
choir was the first world
record holder in non stop
choir -singing --25% hours.
This record setting was
part of the fund raising
program for its 1974 U.S.
tour. It kept the record
for two years in the
Guiness Book of Records.
Since then the choir has
raised funds in other
ways so as to save its
voices for its concert
audiences.
Present conductor of
the choir is Michael Bates
and chairman is Bert
Evans.
The choir members
(the entire group, • in-
cluding the bus driver,
consists of 49 people) look
.forward to making new
friendships and reviving
old ones during their 1980
tour, If you would like to
billet one or more of these
!nem hers, -contact Norm
McHolm, chairman of the
event in Goderich, at 524-
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