Sligo International Choral Festival 2012 launches programme
The 24th Annual Sligo International Choral Festival will take place from November 8th - 11th 2012. The festival committee are delighted that The Sligo Champion and Failte Ireland have come on board again as their major commercial sponsors and they look forward to working with them again this year.
They are also indebted to The Arts Council, Sligo Borough Council and Sligo County Council for their financial assistance, not forgetting our ever-loyal and generous local sponsors, patrons and advertisers.
Following the success of the workshops last year, we will repeat these again in November with the Adult Choirs Workshop on the Thursday night and the Schools/Youth Choirs workshops on the Friday morning.
The competition venues, once again, will be The Mercy College and the nearby St. Anne’s Church as well as The Sligo Park Hotel. There are also two new competitions this year – Sacred Music for authentic Church Choirs and Best Overall Choir of the Festival.
The festival will continue with much the same format as in 2011, with The Official Opening and Concert on Friday night. The organising committee are presently organising other fringe events. They will repeat the very successful Sunday afternoon Lunch and Cabaret and look forward to the return of THE BUGLE BABES who proved such a big hit last year. No doubt, many choirs will entertain shoppers on the Saturday and will enhance the various religious services on the Sunday morning.
Sligo welcomes participating choirs from Mainland and Eastern Europe as well as those from the U.K. and from all parts of Ireland, North and South.
To download the 2012 Festival Programme visit the website www.sligochoralfest.com
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