Verwood Choral Society

Our Summer concert raised £750 for the Verwood & Three Legged Cross Dementia Friendly Society - another excellent achievement.

The 2019 Christmas concert will be held on Saturday 7 December, at Verwood Methodist Church, Vicarage Road.

We are holding an open evening on Monday 23 September, coinciding with a regular rehearsal. All are welcome, see what we do, join in and even join up. There will be a coffee break during the rehearsal, so people can chat for a while.

It will soon be that time again; rehearsals for our Christmas concert commence on Monday 16 September, 7.30pm at St Michael and All Angels, Church Hill, Verwood. See you there!

Welcome back to the start of a new year, and rehearsals for our 2019 concert programme.

Firstly, at our Christmas concert we raised £755 for charity, which is an excellent donation to be able to give.

Rehearsals start on Monday 28 January 2019, at 7.30pm at St Michael's in Verwood.

Dates for the diary

Summer 2019 concert - Saturday 8 June 2019 at Verwood Methodist Church

Christmas 2019 concert - Saturday 7 December 2019 at Verwood Methodist Church

AGM - 11 February 2019

No rehearsals on the following dates:-

15 April 2019, 22 April 2019 and 27 May 2019

2020 concert dates

Saturday 6 June 2020
Saturday 5 December 2020

We are holding an open evening on Monday 8 October 2018. Rehearsals for our Christmas concert have only just started. Several new members have joined this year, but we are always happy to have more people give us a go. No auditions, just join in.

Dates for diaries:-

24 September 2018 rehearsals begin8 October 2018 open evening1 December 2018 Christmas Concert

Rehearsals are well under way for our Summer 2018 concert, so save the date for your diaries:-

Saturday 9 June 2018, at 7pm.

This year Verwood Choral Society is 30 years old and has had the same musical director the whole time, Mrs Ann Mayo. A few founder-members are still with the choir, although membership has changed over the years. We are still rather short of men - or rather, the lower voices, as tenor can be sung by women - so if you fancy a sing and are a tenor, baritone or bass, then please join us.

We will have a varied programme of music in the concert; something for everyone, as the saying goes. Our usual mix of classical choral, folk, popular songs and some lighter pieces. The traditional singalong will return, as well.

It's nearly time for our Christmas concert.

We are holding our open evening on Monday 2 October 2017.

Visitors are welcome to come along and see what we do, take part if they want and join us for tea/coffee during rehearsal.

The summer concert went well and the audience enjoyed themselves. They also dug deep into their pockets, as £690 was raised for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.

The choir performed a variety of musical numbers, ranging from "The Heavens Are Telling" from Haydn's "Creation" to "On Ilkley Moor B'aht Hat" and an entertaining rendition of the "Floral Dance" by the men. The concert ended with a roof-raising rendition of "Land of Hope and Glory", which was sung with great spirit by choir and audience alike.

Rehearsals for the Christmas concert start on 11 September -anyone who wishes to have a go will be made welcome.

It's that time of year again! Not long to our summer concert. We will be singing a wide variety of songs and it should be a fun evening.