SING CHRISTMAS

BBC Radio Leicester broadcasts a programme of Carols and Christmas readings from the city's 14th century Guildhall this evening, featuring the Choir of St Thomas's, South Wigston. My ten-year old son Harry sings soprano with them. The Guildhall is relatively small and tickets were not to be had this evening, for love nor money. While I can't, in all honesty, say that I was able to pick out his voice, still I felt right proud, listening to him gping out live over the airwaves. In the picture above, Harry can be seen in red, far right onstage (honest - it's amazing how few clues you need to recognise your own child!)

St Thomas' Choir

My son Harry (9) has passed auditions for The Guild Choir of St Thomas the Apostle (Glen Parva with South Wigston) - more commonly known as St Thomas' Choir. The choir was formed in 1890 and generations of congregations have enjoyed their music ever since. Currently, the Choir has 24 boys and 16 men who go to make up one of the finest church choirs in the country. The Choir often receives invitations to sing all over the country, in venues such as York Minster, Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral. That's a photo of the boys (above) dressed to perform on one such occasion. Auditions are held at local primary schools to recruit new members. New boys are usually between 7 to 10 years of age and are called probationers. Harry has been taken on as one of them. I'm so proud of him for this.

Find out more about St Thomas' Choir:
http://www.st-thomaschoir.btik.com/