Spinnaker Chorus helps to celebrate LABBS 50th Anniversary!
51 ladies of Spinnaker chorus, along with their esteemed MD John Palmer, travelled from Portsmouth to Harrogate this year to help the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS) celebrate their 50th anniversary - and what a superb event it was too!
Thursday evening started with a pre-glow, where LABBS members were able to listen to an American chorus "Parkside Harmony" and an American Mixed Quartet "Smoke Ring" before the two official national competitions started over the weekend. It was a wonderful way to listen to international singers that have mastered our craft so well and what a privilege that they came all the way to the UK to help us celebrate!
Friday saw a fantastic quartet contest, both for ladies and mixed quartets, the standard of which was like something out of pitch perfect! Amazing beautifully long held notes, chord progressions and shaping, topped off with impressive performance and storytelling. Breath taking. You know when you sit in the audience and just go "WOW!" - THAT's what it was like!
Spinnaker were lucky enough to celebrate and support one of our own, much loved, quartets "Fourtuned Cookies" as they mic-warmed for the contest and we are so proud of all 4 of them. Tissues were needed!
Saturday saw an amazing 41 ladies’ choruses cross the stage - 41! With the auditorium full and alive, each chorus - ranging from 19 to 75 singers on stage - performed to the audience and wowed the judges. The audience also had a mass sing of "GOLD" - appropriate for the 50th anniversary. Spinnaker chorus are pleased to announce that we were able to secure a respectable 9th place in the contest.
Then came the afterglows with spontaneous quartet and chorus singing popping up all over the place and an arranged sing with choruses on risers in the "Chorditorium". It was a real social, supportive atmosphere from everyone that attended.
Spinnaker would like to congratulate the winners of the quartet contest, "Perfect Storm" and the winners of the chorus contest, "The White Rosettes".
Are you looking for a choir/chorus to join? We are a ladies chorus that sing acapella in 4-part harmony. We meet in Havant on a Wednesday evening, please arrange a visit through our website www.spinnakerchorus.co.uk.
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