Armed Forces Day and Choir Festival among further Summer concerts announced
An Armed Forces Day concert is among a host of latest Summer events involving The People’s Orchestra’s Rusty Players and The People’s Show Choir(TPSC). Members will also be taking part in a popular Choir Festival in the Midlands and a show alongside professional singers.
A busy performance schedule this Summer will see musicians and singers entertaining thousands of people in outdoor and indoor gigs from now until September.
Here are some of the new concerts to put in your diary and you can see some of those previously announced here.
The Rusty Player’s Orchestra will perform at the official Armed Forces Day event in Wolverhampton on Saturday, June 28. The free, four-hour event takes place at West Park from midday to 4pm but The Rusty’s for Black Country and South Birmingham will take to the stage twice to play.
Visitors can catch The Rusty Players, conducted by Julian Powell, from 2.05pm to 2.30pm and from 3.35pm to 4pm on Saturday.
On the same day, The People’s Show Choir for Dorridge will be joined by members from other areas to sing in Solihull Choir Festival. The festival will bring a weekend of music to the streets of the Warwickshire town.
The TPSCs have been allocated a slot from 3.30pm to 4pm on Saturday June 28 to perform in Solihull Town Centre. Led by Chris Weber, they plan to sing favourites from All That Jazz to a Mary Poppins Medley and What a Wonderful World.
If you go down to Warley Woods, you’re sure to get a musical surprise when The People’s Show Choir for Bearwood sing at the Picnic in the Park Festival on Sunday July 6.
Liz Read will lead the choir during the festival, which invites families to bring a picnic blanket or deckchairs to sit and enjoy an array of music at the park off Lightwoods Hill, Smethwick, between 1pm and 6pm.
There’s a special show in store on Wednesday July 16 in London when The People’s Show Choir for Wimbledon perform with professional vocal trio, Gaia Singers.
The concert at Holy Trinity Church in Wimbledon is led by Show Choir leader Elliot Mercer. It takes place from 7.30pm to 9.30pm with an informal reception after the performance. Tickets cost £8 to £12.
The following day, there is another People’s Show Choir concert in London when the TPSC for Woodford Green put on their Summer Concert at St Andrew’s Church, in Chingford Lane, Woodford Green, from 7.15pm to 9.15pm on Thursday July 17.
The choir, led by Sarina Rattan, will perform joyful songs including Blame It On The Boogie. Tickets cost £4 to £6.
Newport’s People’s Show Choir is promising an uplifting afternoon of song and celebration for its Summer Concert on Saturday July 19. Led by Joanna Leighton, singers will fill St Julian’s Baptist Church in Beaufort Road, Newport, with songs from the shows and more.
The concert takes place from 3.45pm to 5pm. Tickets cost £4.50 to £6.50.
Finally, there’s a Summer show with a difference in the Midlands as Show Choirs are joined by schoolchildren.
The People’s Show Choirs for Leamington Spa and Coventry are hosting a joint concert with pupils in the Southam Primary School Choir. The performance takes place at Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington Spa, on Sunday July 20 from 3pm to 5pm.
Choir leader Georgie Lees will steer singers through popular tracks from shows including Mary Poppins, Wicked, Grease, Guys and Dolls and Billy Elliot. Tickets cost £5 to £8.
