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WINNING SINGERS
Celebrating 10 years of the Allegra Singers
We are a community-based ladies’ choir of about 20 members. We were originally formed in September 2013. We rehearse on Wednesday evenings at the new Islip Sports Pavilion, which has perfect facilities for us.
We sing in three, four, and even five parts sometimes, and we love to sing some show songs; but mainly good, strong, popular songs. We work to backing tracks and we
– that of arranging songs and working out the harmonies. I thoroughly enjoy working on the songs and creating unique arrangements for the girls. The very first song we did was ‘A Jar of Hearts’ by Christina Perri and we still love to do that one even now! We sing from a wide range of artists such as ‘A Thousand Years’ by Christina Perri, ‘Skyfall’ by Adele, ‘Something
love to take part in music festivals. We actually won the Community Choirs Class at Oundle Festival of Music and Drama in 2018, a result we are all so proud of. We have also performed at a number of private events, creating an interesting programme of songs for the audiences to enjoy.
this Autumn will be our 10-year celebration and we still have nine of the original members
Inside So Strong’ by Labi Siffre and ‘Love Is All Around’ by Wet Wet Wet.
We have also sung songs from Fame The Musical, Frozen, American Tail, The Greatest Showman, The Lion King, Rent, LaLa Land, and Les Misérables.
We have done concerts with other performers in The Masque Theatre, The Plaza and The Stahl Theatre over the
10 years we have been in existence. In fact, this Autumn will be our 10-year celebration and we still have nine of the
We are a very friendly group of ladies
of very mixed ages from 30-something
to 80-something, and we all get on so
well. We make a big thing about birthdays, and the birthday girl always supplies a cake, and
we sing to them – in harmony, of course! We like to add to our social calendar, and we enjoy going out together. We always have a Christmas celebration, an annual meal out, and also visit other venues to see productions.
I have led this choir from the beginning and discovered a talent I did not realise I had
original members.
We are always open to welcoming new
members – no audition is necessary, just a love of singing. We are particularly looking for sopranos and lower altos at the moment.
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If you are interested, please contact me. Veronica Lyon: 07753 472225