{"id":709,"date":"2022-12-06T16:47:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/?page_id=709"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:32:31","slug":"come-and-sing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/?page_id=709","title":{"rendered":"Come and Sing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 &#8211; and we&#8217;re back for more &#8230; <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year we&#8217;re going to enjoy a Rutter Fest &#8211; singing some of Sir John Rutter&#8217;s wonderful music.  The main work for the day will be his vibrant setting of seven spiritual: <em>Feel the Spirit<\/em>, but you can be certain that we will have one or two surprises up our sleeves as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can see our leaflet below, and you can download it (link beneath the image) &#8211; but for your convenience, there is also a link for just the application form.  Equally, if you <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/zATjgWYqES999q7a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a>, you can apply online now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ComeSing-2026-opt.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Come&amp;Sing 2026 opt.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f223b3d3-aa9a-42f2-962d-8d08934f6989\" href=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ComeSing-2026-opt.pdf\">Come&amp;Sing 2026 opt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ComeSing-2026-opt.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f223b3d3-aa9a-42f2-962d-8d08934f6989\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Download the application form to print.  (I&#8217;d not advise printing the whole leaflet, and the front cover will be ink-thirsty!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-46789d2b-f8b3-4858-819d-be934a0aee15\" href=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ComeSing-2026-lo.4.jpeg\">Come&#038;Sing 2026 lo.4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ComeSing-2026-lo.4.jpeg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-46789d2b-f8b3-4858-819d-be934a0aee15\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025 &#8211; Elijah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday 8th February 2025<\/strong><br>Surely one of the repertoire&#8217;s greatest sings &#8211; a dramatic portrayal of the Old Testament story of Elijah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had a great day &#8211; and sang an awful lot of notes!  <em>Elijah<\/em> himself (in the shape of Andrew Lamb) came to the final afternoon performance, allowing us to enjoy the &#8220;Baal&#8221; dialogues properly, and giving the choir a little breather during a couple of the arias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ComeSing-2025-email.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:659px\" aria-label=\"PDF embed\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ComeSing-2025-email.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">2024 &#8211; Carmina Burana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following on from last year&#8217;s success, we went for something a little less run-of-the-mill for &#8220;Come and Sing&#8221; events.  It was another fantastic day.  Many thanks to all who came along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ComeSing-2024.1-724x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ComeSing-2024.1-724x1024.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ComeSing-2024.1-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ComeSing-2024.1-768x1086.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ComeSing-2024.1-1086x1536.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ComeSing-2024.1.jpeg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Our <strong>Come and Sing<\/strong> in 2023 was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-300x240.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:30px\">Karl Jenkins&#8217; &#8211; The Armed Man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday 28th January<br>Holy Trinity Church Hall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We started 2023 with a day singing Karl Jenkins&#8217; iconic masterpiece <em>The Armed Man<\/em>.  <br>Hosted by Formby Choral Society, accompanied by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/sample-page\/accompanist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Barton<\/a> and led by <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/formbychoralsociety.org\/conductor\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Holroyd<\/a><\/strong> the day proved to be a great success.  <br>We welcomed some 110 singers (many <strong>not<\/strong> members of FCS) from around the North-West, and were entertained, educated as well as emotionally moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Possibly everyone had a different highlight, but undoubtedly special moments were the Call to Prayer given by Farhan Abu Hassan, and the Last Post played by Chris Thorpe.  <br>These were both surprises to everyone (having been kept secret by David Holroyd).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The performance at the end of the day was fantastic &#8211; enjoyed by the singers and the gathering of friends and family who had come to listen &#8230; including three who had travelled from Scotland.  Now that&#8217;s love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lunch was provided by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lunchhour.caterers\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lunch Hour<\/a> on Church Road, Formby.  Tasty!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Timetable<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:00<\/td><td>Arrival \/ Registration \/ Coffee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:30<\/td><td>First session<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12:30<\/td><td>Lunch break<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:30<\/td><td>Second session<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:30<\/td><td>Tea break<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:15<\/td><td>PERFORMANCE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00<\/td><td>Finish<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just wanted to thank the whole team for the \u2018Come and Sing\u2019 on Saturday at Formby. The welcome, friendliness and organisation on Saturday was wonderful, I encouraged my sister to come and she also loved it. We hadn\u2019t sung the Armed Man before, but both had heard it. I can still hear it!<\/p>\n<cite>BF<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish to express my sincere thanks for a thoroughly enjoyable day on Saturday. It was great to be part of such a powerful sound. The unexpected inclusions<em> [Call to Prayer &amp; Last Post]<\/em> during the performance were wonderful, though it\u2019s difficult to sing when moved to tears!<br>I\u2019m&nbsp; looking forward to the next opportunity . I do appreciate the work that goes into such an occasion and send thanks to all who were involved.<\/p>\n<cite>GO&#8217;N<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 &#8211; and we&#8217;re back for more &#8230; This year we&#8217;re going to enjoy a Rutter Fest &#8211; singing some of Sir John Rutter&#8217;s wonderful music. 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