This Tuesday 19th August is a rehearsal – usual time 6.45pm for 7pm start.

Lots of fun last Sunday at Drayton Villas.  The audience were very generous with their praise and donations. Very grateful for their support.

* Don’t forget to register for All Together Now at Stanthorpe

* check emails for the link to new music which we will start working on at our next rehearsal.

Here is the music repertoire and order 🙂

The Journey

Riversong

Wild Mountain Thyme

Dream Keeper

Brass Quartet – 7 short pieces

All the Pretty Little Horses

At this Table

J’entends le Moulin

Bring me Sunshine

encore: Sweet Caroline

This Tuesday -5th August is our next rehearsal. 6.45pm for 7pm start.

The next performance will be August 10th Sunday afternoon performance at the community hall – Drayton Villas (111 Drayton Road – the hall is through the main entrance and right at the roundabout). Parking outside the venue or some parks are inside. Music list will be confirmed at the rehearsal. 2pm performance with a set up and pre-performance rehearsal from 12.30pm.

Tuesday 29th July is our next rehearsal – 6.45pm for a 7pm start. Look forward to seeing you there.

If you were unable to download the Spring Sing file – try the new word doc file labelled: Stanthorpe Spring Sing.25 and pop the date into your diary – 28th September.

Here is the information for Sunday 28th September

I hope this finds you all well and enjoying your singing on these chilly Winter nights.
I thought I’d just email you to let you know (if you haven’t heard already) that I’lm running a series of rehearsals starting this Sat July 19, 2025 from 10am – 5pm at Choral House (Toowoomba Choral Society’s rehearsal venue) 
for our forthcoming concert at the magnificent QPAC Concert Hall on Sun Nov 9, 2025 entitled:
The Greatest Show Choir!

You guessed it – the repertoire is Broadway musicals 🙂

The rehearsals are also an opportunity for PD as a lot of my work is focused on vocal technique – no matter what the repertoire is.

This project is a collaboration with QPAC and my arts charity – Play It Forward, to help support music making and choral singing in regional areas of Qld with the opportunity to perform in our premiere performance space in Brisbane (it’s nowhere as beautiful as your Empire Theatre – I confess).

I be grateful if you would be able to help spread the word amongst the wonderful Darling Downs community – here’s a link with all the details for those who are interested:

www.playitforward.org.au/events/tgsctoowoomba

Many thanks for your time – I really appreciate your support and wish you all the best with your own joyful singing!

Jonathon Welch AM
Founding Artistic Director 
Play It Forward
www.playitforward.org.au

Our rehearsals will start again this Tuesday 15th – usual time and place – 6.45pm for 7pm @ DeMolay. Pretend it isn’t cold and come on out and warm up by singing with friends. Bring all your recent music and Caroline will surprise us.

Some dates coming up this term – Drayton Villas concert Sunday 10th August & Spring Sing with James Cuskelly in Stanthorpe Sunday 28th September. Pop the dates in your diary now 🙂

Enjoy a little Winter break and see you back in the new term starting Tuesday 15th July. What a fabulous little concert we had last Saturday with many thanks to Caroline (entertainer extraordinaire), Deborah (for making us sound so good!) and the amazing valve-pressing Drayton Brass.

Meantime there is plenty of music to be had around Toowoomba and here is a great opportunity to sing. This invitation has been sent to Choirbolical from Elaine Coates:

Expression of Interest – ONSTAGE CHORUS OPPORTUNITY – Perfectly Imperfect at Armitage Centre, 19th July, 2025

Fresh from the Adelaide Festival, Perfectly Imperfect is offering local adult singers the opportunity to be their onstage chorus.

Blind singer and The Voice Australia sensation Julee-anne Bell in collaboration with pianist Melissa Buchholz present this inspiring show subtitled ‘Songs and Stories of Life, Love and Laughter’. This sets the pretext for a warm, intimate show ant gives an insight into the lives of both artists in a truly special way. Julee-anne’s sensational vocals will touch your soul and leave the audience wanting more, while Melissa’s dazzling skills on the keys will equally amaze concert goers. Both have lived lives that have had many challenges but they have overcome them and are living inspirations. This concert will not only entertain but will leave a lasting impression.

In Toowoomba, Elaine Coates is coordinating the singers. There are 5 songs sung in parts – all well-known songs like Bridge Over Troubled Water and Make Your Own Kind of Music.

Elaine will be taking a familiarisation rehearsal on Monday 7th July at 5.30pm and Julee-anne will present a workshop rehearsal on Saturday 12 July at 10am (venues to be advised). Learning tracks for parts will be available.

Eligibility for participating – buy a ticket to the show through the Empire Theatre prior to first rehearsal. Perfectly Imperfect – Empire Theatre

And email Elaine your interest: name; contact details; choral experience (e.g. a fabulous Choirbolical singer!) and voice part (SATB) [email protected]

For those unable to download the Song list so you can have the 3 brackets of music in order, here it is:

Set 1 – Riversong, At This Table, All the Pretty Horses, The Journey, Wild Mountain Thyme

Set 2 – Dream Keeper, Bring Me Sunshine,

Combined Song – Sweet Caroline

On Saturday a pre-concert band and choir rehearsal will be 3.15 – 3.50pm.

Then 4.30pm concert as advertised on the beautiful Voices, Valves and Vibes poster.

Our heartfelt condolences go out to Caroline, whose 100year old mum passed away this past week. Caroline will be coming to the rehearsal and concert after a very big week.

This coming Tuesday evening (17th) @ 6.45pm – 8.30pm will be our final rehearsal before the combined concert. All the details and music order can be found in the previous post. Looking forward to a great concert with family and friends on Saturday afternoon 21st – 4pm. Details about the dinner following the concert will be discussed at the rehearsal.

Following up the invitation from Brisbane choir – SongShine to join them for a choir camp, the dates have been postponed until October as many of their own choir could not make the July date. We are cordially invited to join and details will follow early next term.