Choir 2022-2023 

Every Thursday 12:00 - 12:20 in Owls Classroom with Mrs Russell 

DIARY DATES

Friday 1st December 2023 - Choir singing at the St John's Church Coffee morning. We will be performing at approx. 10:30. Please wear festive hat/headband/accessory if you'd like to! Parents/carers/friends and family welcome to come along to support us. 

Friday 7th July 2023 - Choir singing at the St John's Church Coffee morning. We will be performing at approx. 10:30.  Parents/carers/friends and family welcome to come along to support us. 

Friday 24th March 2023 -  The Royal Hall, Harrogate 

Exciting news! Choir have been invited to perform in the Harrogate & Ripon Rural Schools' Charity Concert at the Royal Hall in Harrogate. The children will be going via bus from school to practise on the Friday afternoon and then will be performing on the Friday evening. Tickets are available to purchase for you and your friends/family to watch the performance.  Please follow this link:

https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/harrogate-and-ripon-rural-schools-charity-concert/

The children will be required to be collected from the Royal Hall at approximately 9pm. It's an amazing opportunity and event for your child to be involved in so I do hope your child is able to be part of it! Please encourage your child to practise the songs so they are fully prepared for the event.

Thanks, Mrs Cairns 

Friday 2nd December 2022 - Choir singing at the St John's Church Coffee morning. We will be performing at approx. 10:30. Please wear festive hat/headband/accessory if you'd like to! Parents/carers/friends and family welcome to come along to support us. 

Saturday 3rd December 2022 - Choir singing at the FOBMS Christmas Fayre - Please meet in the school hall at 11am and we will be finished approximately 11:30. Please wear festive hat/headband/accessory if you'd like to!  

Wednesday 14th December 2022 - Choir invited to join in with Carols Around the Christmas Tree at 6pm. Everyone welcome! 

Summer 2023 - Songs to learn 

Harrogate and Ripon Rural Schools Charity Concert at the Royal Hall in Harrogate 

We had such a lovely day and the children were all absolute superstars on the stage! This sounded AMAZING! 

Oliver Taylor (in Owls class) has written a wonderful recount of the event which I'd like to share with you...

One afternoon, my friends and I went to the Royal Hall. It was Friday, we went by coach and I enjoyed it ALOT! On the stage I was a bit scared. I smiled at you. We sang 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'  and 'Believe'. There were massive stage lights! The Royal Hall was beautiful. It was red, gold and many more. It was covered in lights. 

Jan 2023 - Songs to learn for the Royal Hall Concert 

(you only need to learn the tune and words, don't worry about the actions!)

Ripon Rural Schools Charity Concert - Further information March 2023

Dear Parents and Carers of Choir members,

Arrangements for the Charity Concert at the Royal Hall, Harrogate on Friday 24th March

We have arranged transport for the children to the Royal Hall for a rehearsal during the day. We are asking for a voluntary contribution of £5.00 payable by ParentPay to cover the cost of the coach to the Royal Hall. We will leave school at 1pm so will have lunch at school, as normal, before we leave. All the children will stay at the Royal Hall, where there will be an opportunity to eat a packed meal before the concert starts at 6.30pm.

The concert is scheduled to finish at 9pm and your child will need to be collected from the Royal Hall at this time.

Tickets

We hope parents, friends and family will come and support the children, in what will be a memorable experience performing in the iconic Royal Hall. The concert will involve over 220 children from 12 rural schools, including Bishop Monkton. Tickets are now on sale: https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/harrogate-and-ripon-rural-schools-charity-concert/

Children will need on the day:

• School uniform
• Snacks for the interval and water
• Reading book/quiet small game/colouring to play in their seats while waiting – no electronic gadgets/phones 
• Disposable packed tea and water bottles (no fizzy drinks please)

Raffle

All schools participating in the concert have been asked to put together a luxury type hamper to be raffled on the evening of the event. All profits from the concert will raise money for this year’s charity: ‘The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre – Harrogate Hospital’. Please could all members of choir donate something for the hamper - donations to be handed to Mrs Worthington before Monday 20^th March.

Recording of the concert

The concert will be recorded and you have the opportunity to purchase the recording on a memory stick for £10 - see attached order form with details of how to order. Please contact school if you do not give consent for your child to be filmed.

Support at home

Our choir will be singing three songs as well as two combined choir pieces for the grand finale. Please could you encourage your child/children to practise the songs which can be found within the 'Choir' section on our school website and if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your continued support.

Christmas Songs to learn

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Choir 2019-2021

Choir 2018 - 2019

SUMMER TERM

Royal Hall Charity Concert 

We had an amazing time performing at the Royal Hall - well done to all of the choir who took part in the event, you were brilliant! 

Summer Term 2018

Here are the backing tracks for the songs that we will be performing at the Royal Hall on Friday March 23rd for the Harrogate and Ripon Rural Schools Charity Concert with Leroy Johnson.  Please try to practise the songs as much as possible!

Enjoy! 

Mrs Cairns