The guest Soprano, Helen Hutchinson from Dublin has a beautiful voice mellow and fluid.She entertained with arias from Puchini and Verdi, followed by two songs Glendum and Marias Wiegelied. After interval she sang "Rejoice" from Messiah and "Poor Wandering One" from the Pirates of Penzance delighting the audience with her sweet assured handling of the intricate runs.
The Flutes of Mourne were the guest intrumentalists. They opened with a typical flute march, and followed this with " Some Enchanted Evening" and a beautiful rendering of " Silent Night" and " You Raised Me Up" They played a range of flutes from a piccolo to an enormous flute which produced rich base notes. Their rendering of " Nearer My God To Thee" was special, beginning with a solo flute and building the harmonies as the one by one, the other instruments joined in. Their drummer and spokesman was very humorous with the introductions. They finished with an American march medley containing tunes like " John Brown's Body" and " Dixie", featuring some marvellous piccolo playing.
The Choir under their new Musical Director Mary McCague, opened with a lively number " I Got Plenty Of Nothing" by Gershwin, followed by " When A Child Is Born " and " White Christmas" bringing in the Festive spirit. Craig Young (baritone) sang the solo in " The Holy City" ending the First Half. In the second half the Choir sang four livley songs " Amen" a rhythmical spiritual, " The Policemans Song " from the Pirates of Penzance (preformed with Gilbert and Sullivan accents and actions)" My Way" and " Winter Wonderland".The Finale was " O'Holy Night" sung by Helen Hutchinson, backed by the Choir in the grand chorus. For an Encore, the Choir backed by an ever ready audience sang " The Twelve Days Of Christmas", ending the night with smiles and laughter.
The Choir was accompanied throughout by Patrick Coyle, the soloist was accompanied by our musical director Mary McCague.
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