The 80th Anniversary Concert.

This year we celebrated our 80th birthday with a Gala Concert, with the Snowdown Band, at the Tower Theatre in Folkestone. This proved to be a memorable occasion with a full house at the theatre.

                          

The birthday cake was cut by our President, Gwyn Prosser MP and Linda Hammond - a grand-daughter of John Yorath who founded the choir - who was visiting this country from her home in Australia.

         

The photograph above, taken during the concert, shows Michael Lewis conducting band and choir in his own arrangement of the Spiritual 'Where shall I be'.

                                                                

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                             

 

 

  

  

 

 

        We sing in all sorts of venues, this year they've been as diverse as the three illustrated below:

 

Chillenden Church on a wet and windy night. An audience of about 50 filled the church to overflowing. During the interval, there was nowhere for the choir to go, so we just stayed where we were.

 

St Mary's, Sandwich, now redundant and converted into an arts centre, where an audience of about 150 was dwarfed by the building.

 

The garden of The Haywain at Bramling on a glorious summer's afternoon. This event raised over £600 for The Kent Air Ambulance.