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Welcome to the Harleston Choral Society Website

Harleston Choral Society is 25 years old ! In January 2000 Anne Gee, who sadly died in 2010, launched the choir which since then has gone from strength to strength and is currently flourishing under the baton of Justin Bindley. The high point of our anniversary year will be our Summer Concert on Saturday 28 June in Harleston Sancroft Academy, when we’ll be singing Carl Orff Carmina Burana with professional soloists and orchestra and the school’s choir. So put the date in your diary and we hope you’ll join us then to celebrate 25 years of wonderful music; and again at the end of the year for our Christmas concert, on Saturday 6 December. Two more diary dates: our fantastic annual quiz with a delicious supper on Saturday 22 March; and a ‘Come and Sing Messiah’ day on Saturday 16 August, both in St James Village Hall IP19 0HP and open to all. Throughout the year we’ll also be setting up display panels in various locations, showing HCS’s history, the many people who’ve been involved with the choir over the years, and choir members’ memories.

See the About Us and Location and Contact sections of the website www.harlestonchoral.org.uk for more information about HCS, or from our joint Chairs: Caroline Rodbourne, caroline@rodbourne.org.uk or Jo Curry, jo.curry@sky.com

And take a look at the Recent Concerts section to see Basil Abbott’s review of our wonderful Christmas Concert on 14 December.

25th Anniversary party 25th January 2025

Happy Birthday to the Harleston Choral Society

What a fabulous event we had on Saturday afternoon! About 60 of us celebrated 25 years of Harleston Choral. A massive spread of wonderful food was assembled and a magnificent cake. Many thanks to all those of you who helped make it a really lovely occasion. We were joined by Nathaniel Gee, the son of Anne Gee, the founder of HCS. A message from Chris Bracewell was read out and we received many good wishes from past members. Thanks in particular to all those who helped set up and then clear away afterwards and those who contributed to the amazing buffet. It really was a case of many hands make light work. Commiserations to those of you who were unable to join us.

See more images and memories of choir members here.

Magic Little Grant

We received a Magic Little Grant through the partnership between Localgiving and Postcode Places
Trust
. Postcode Places Trust is a grant-giving charity funded by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Localgiving is the UK’s leading membership and support network for local charities and community
groups. Our project received £500 towards our Christmas choir concert.

You can donate to the Harleston Choral Society through our Local Giving page and you can find out more about how to play and support more charities with the People’s Postcode Lottery here.

View some images from our rehearsals here.

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