Ladies' Concert Dress
Ladies should wear one of the following for performing in concerts:
- a long black dress with long or 3/4 sleeves, no bare shoulders.
- a black blouse or top with long or 3/4 length sleeves, not too 'frilly' or decorated, with either:
- long black skirt, or
- long black 'evening' trousers - not jeans or chinos styles
As previously, a black jacket or cardigan may be worn as well if the weather and venue are cold.
Black soft soled shoes
Jewellery should not be flamboyant.
Gents' Concert Dress
Gents'Concert Dress is now black trousers and a black shirt without tie.
Choir Folders
The choir now has folders which have the choir name on them. They have been selected because they will take any piece of music the choir is likely to sing and they come with a convenient elastic strap on the spine to make them more secure to hold with one hand whils
t singing. They also have plastic wallets in which loose leaf music, running order etc. can be stored securely, and a pencil.
Because of the 'branding' and the cost, choir members are asked to leave a £10 deposit in exchange for their folder but this is returnable at any time. The folders are being distributed by Marian (Membership Secretary) . Please note that choir members will normally be expected to use the folders for concerts so that the choir looks uniform.
Old folders
Some members may still have the old small, plain black folders that have not now been used for about 10 years. These were fine for the old paper-backed octavo edition music but with modern editions and A4 loose sheets overhanging them, they became inconvenient to use and looked worse than no folder at all, which is why we stopped using them. The Committee has, consequently, decided that resurrecting them is not an option. If you still have one please do not try to use it at our concerts. We will have spare new ones available.