Despite the wet snowy weather we had a very good turnout and a great enthusiastic audience for our concert at the Royal Canadian Legion in Sheet Harbour on Sunday afternoon.

The choir songs were supplemented with solos from tenors Tim Lambert and Peter Hennigar, and our accompanist John Plant. Tim and Peter sang English and Canadian folksongs and John played a Bach Prelude and Fugue, a fine demonstration of our new keyboard. Gordon Hammond’s original poem stirred thoughts on how fortunate we are to live in this region with its wilderness areas and rich history. The intermission proved The Lions Club desserts were indeed delicious and the tea most refreshing!

Here are two short video extracts from the concert. Please click for samples of the elegance of “Ave_Maris_Stella” and the power of our final piece “The_Mighty_Men_of_Song”.

Thank you to Ashley, wife of 1st tenor Curtis, for the videos.

Our Sheet Harbour concert is fast approaching – Sunday 2nd April at Sheet Harbour Lions Club. Concert starts at 2:30 p.m. Doors open at 2:00. Tea and dessert provided by Sheet Harbour Lions Club.

The video features the song “Mornin’ Train”, courtesy of Cypress Choral Music www.cypresschoral.com. We’ll be singing this song at the concert along with a selection of others from our 2017 all-Canadian repertoire, and some old favourites from past seasons. The photos are of train “The Ocean” in Halifax and heading through Nova Scotia bound for Montreal, the Eastern Shore, and the final locomotive picture in BC, home of Cypress Choral Music.

“Afternoon Blend” – Songs to Lift the Spirit and Tea to Soothe the Soul. Concert, Tea and Dessert.