Judith
Lakin had sung for many years in a local choir, the King Edward and Queen Mary
Singers, so when she retired from teaching at
Heyhouses Junior School she
wanted to give something back to the local community by creating a choir
designed to be of a size that
would allow it to support other local
organisations at local events.
In
October 2012 she approached Sandra Powlesland a teacher at the School about her
idea. Sandra is a trained singing teacher, and
fortunately she was also most
enthusiastic, as was the School who offered their support and the use of the
Infant School Hall for
rehearsing.
At this
stage all that was needed was some singers !
The
parents and teachers at the Infant and Junior Schools were canvassed and the
response was very positive, and so on the
11th November
2012 26 intrepid singers turned up for our first practice.
The
initial enthusiasm was maintained, and after much consideration, in March
2013 we adopted a charitable constitution and
appointed the first Committee to run the Choir. We are currently not large enough to register with the Charity
Commission but in
October 2013 we were formally accepted by HM Revenue &
Customs as a charitable company.
On the
musical front we were very fortunate when in September 2013 Pippa Kirk agreed
to be our accompanist which has taken that
task away from Sandra and allowed us
to look towards performing more challenging pieces.
The
rest of the history awaits . . . . . . .
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