The Old Dalby Singers sang a selection of festive choral music from the 15th Century to the 20th at
St John the Baptist
GRIMSTON, on the 9th December
The concert was thoroughly enjoyed and part of the proceeds were donated to Grimston Church.
The Old Dalby Singers brought a varied selection of British music to Old Dalby for their Very British Autumn Concert. It included music from Purcell to Goodall, R Vaughn Williams to King Henry VIII, with solo guests. The audience reported they thoroughly enjoyed the ambitious set and many were astonished by the quality offered by a relatively small choir. We intended to give the organ a work out, unfortunately a leak had put the organ out of action for a while but there was still be prestigious keyboard recital from Paul Hayward using an emulator.
As a follow up a portion of the Old Dalby Singers visited Belvoir Castle today, November 26th and entertained the visitors. We had a chance to sing "A King's Ballad", attributed to Henry the Eighth, in front of the famous portrait of the great man himself. A first, we think, at least for a very long time.