Category Archives: event

On Wednesday the 24th of September the choir had a new members’ evening. Of course we welcome new members all year round, but this offered an opportunity to hear (and join in with!) a range of songs from across our repertoire. Several new people attended the meeting, and the choir members enjoyed meeting them. We taught Siyahamba, a popular African song from the socialist repertoire, and performed You’ve Got a Friend.

A large handful of singers from Red Leicester (and Leicester Amika Choir) travelled down to London last weekend to take part in London Sing for Water at the Thames Festival 2008. After a couple of rehearsals, we took to the stage with around 1000 others to sing six songs, in the hopes of raising money for WaterAid projects in Ghana.

The weather was stunning, which probably helped to contribute to the large crowd that gathered around the Scoop (outside City Hall) on Sunday afternoon. The singing itself was exhilarating, and the audience seemed to enjoy themselves too. Red Leicester also took part in the Marasong, performing a short busking set near to HMS Belfast.

Some photos of the event can be seen at our flickr page.

Saturday 11th October, 12 noon – 2pm

Red Leicester choir will be singing at a special bread and cheese lunch to raise money for Oxfam. There will also be second hand books and fairly traded goods for sale. The event will take place at Emmanuel Church, Forest Rd, Loughborough.

This evening Red Leicester performed a varied selection from their repertoire to a select number of the Leicester Secular Society!

We sang in the Secular Hall – a very familiar environment for the choir, as members have been rehearsing there since 1997 – and enjoyed the opportunity to explain a little about who we are and what we sing.

Many thanks to the Secular Society for the warm welcome (and luxury biscuits!).

Red Leicester joined a whole host of other choirs from the area on Sunday the 8th of June to attend the first Leicester Sing for Water event.

After an inspirational mass rehearsal in the morning, we all filed in front of the stage (there wasn’t enough room on it!) at Bede Park to sing six songs together. Red Leicester also performed a song by themselves, as did Leicester Amika Choir. The event was a great success and gathered a big crowd (who gave over £500 in donations in less than an hour).

There are plans to hold the event at the Riverside festival again next year – until then, look at our photos of the performance.