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We were excited to be asked to sing at the Special Children's Christmas Party this year at the Wolfbrook Arena!
Some members of the chorus had a great time entertaining the crowds at the Canterbury A & P Show last week. The sheep seemed to like the singing and we even got a compliment from the Prime Minister who briefly walked past!
The chorus had fun entertaining the Christchurch public in the Art Gallery and the Great Hall last Saturday as part of the annual Singfest, organised by the New Zealand Choral Foundation.
Soundbite quartet also performed to some lucky passengers on the large blue tram.
Euphoria quartet and some members the chorus entertained the visitors with carol at Riverside Market last weekend to celebrate Mid-winter Christmas.
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Sweet Adelines New Zealand celebrated their 40th anniversary at the Regional Convention held this year in Christchurch. The chorus presented an edited version of our 2024 Kansas Finals package. Several of our quartets competed with Top Shelf achieving 3rd place and Chordiality 4th.
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The chorus were thrilled to have Royce Ferguson coach us this week. Royce was the former director of the BHS Champion Westminster Chorus for several years, taking them to their first two international chorus medals in 2006 & 2007. He sang tenor in the quartet ...
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We were invited by the organisers of the annual City 2 Surf fun run/walk to sing to the participants along the route which was lots of fun. We received lots of smiles & waves as it was something quite unexpected!
The chorus had a busy time leading up to Christmas with many singouts at The Arts Centre, Riccarton Sunday Market, malls and several resthomes.
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The chorus were invited this year to sing at the Canterbury Show on Saturday 16th November. It was a fun day out, singing at various locations around the grounds. We particularly enjoyed singing with the sheep and goats!
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We did it! After being ranked 13th coming into the Sweet Adelines International Barbershop Competition, we shot to 5th place in the semi-finals and retained our placing after our finals package!
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On Saturday 21st September various local choirs and singing groups sang at several indoor & outdoor venues throughout the city. A small group of Christchurch City Chorus members sang songs at the Great Hall in the Arts Center & at the Art Gallery. Three quartets, Soundbite, Not Too...
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On Saturday 22nd June a few of our chorus members were invited to sing at a Share and Korero event organised by the local Ukrainian community. Authentic Ukrainian food was served and a Ukrainian singing group also performed traditional folk songs.
