Who we are
Over ten years ago the Community (Tuesday) Choir was formed in September 2013, initially intended to be made up from within the membership of the Saturday Band, as many members had been saying they would love to sing in a choir as well as play instruments on Saturdays but didn’t want the pressure of auditioning for an existing choir or the costs which were involved.
Our vision
Chris duly accepted the challenge and such was the excitement and standard at the first rehearsal of 66 singers that by the following Tuesday, 110 people turned up to sing. This huge number continued for the next 7 years, right through to the pandemic.
By this time, Chris had retired from teaching after 35 years and already begun his second, extended spell as MD with us at Eagley Band. The enforced closure of all arts activity across the UK for a year and a half meant that when the Community Choir restarted in 2021 it needed a new home, so the choir left its former base at Smithills School and immediately became part of the Eagley family, continuing very successfully onwards past its tenth anniversary, still under its founding conductor every rehearsal and still completely free to all who take part.
Our commitment
Returning membership of the choir was greatly affected by the extended Covid lay-off, but since restarting in 2021, membership has remained at around 70 committed singers; a very healthy number indeed for an entirely amateur choir in which nobody has, or ever will, audition to join in or pay anything to be involved.
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