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St. Bede C of E Primary Academy
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Headteacher: Mr J. Hatch OBETelephone: 01204 61899
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs J. RobertsFacsimile: 01204 61344
Head of School: Mrs S. RostronE-mail:
[email protected]
Chairman of Governors: Mr H. HirstWebsite:
www.stbedeacademy.org
Twitter: @StBedeCEPrimary
Company Registered Number: 7628909
Company Registered Address: Morris Green Lane, Bolton, BL3
3LJ
To the Parents and Carers of all choir members.
13.09.16
Dear Parent / Guardian,
I am writing to inform you about a forthcoming event in which
the school choir will be participating. The event, entitled ‘Young
Voices’ is to take place on Thursday 2nd February 2017 at the MEN
Arena in Manchester.
The 'Young Voices' concert series has been held in Manchester
for nearly 20 years and is a growing success, claiming that it
is:
“The largest children’s concert series in the world”.
As well as the unique experience of massed-choral singing,
children will have the opportunity to hear, and sing with, some of
the great artiests of our day. Previous artiests include Alexandra
Burke, Joss Stone, Gary Barlow, Lee Ryan, Lemar, Katherine
Jenkins, Chris de Burgh and David Gray - to name but a few.
On the day of the performance (2nd February), your child will be
escorted by the choir leaders and other members of staff to the MEN
Arena, leaving school on a coach at 1.00pm. The early start is to
allow the pupils to rehearse with the conductors and musicians.
They will remain at the venue until the concert finishes at 9.15pm.
Pupils must be collected from the 'Hunts Bank / Victoria Station
Approach' entrance of the MEN Arena at approximately this time.
Parents / Guardians are requested to make individual arrangements
for their son’s / daughter’s travel home from the concert. If this
is problematic please see either myself, or Mrs Garvey and we will
try to assist in the matter. The concert commences at 7.00pm and
ends at 9.15pm.
During the daytime rehearsal, the choir will not be permitted to
leave the arena and therefore it will be necessary to bring a
suitable packed meal. This should be in addition to their usual
lunch-time arrangements. Pupils should wear school uniform and will
need either an official white 'Young Voices T-Shirt' which can be
ordered through the school office at a cost of £10 each, or
alternatively a plain white T-Shirt. Orders for T-Shirts must be
received before Friday 11th November 2016.
Parents / Guardians wishing to attend the concert can order
tickets through school at a cost of £19.50 each. Orders for tickets
will need to be received by the office no later than Friday 11th
November 2016. Tickets can also be purchased through the MEN
Box-Office up until the 25th November, however, tickets bought from
the Box-Office will be more expensive (they will have the addition
of the Arena Booking fee added) and parents may not be seated in
proximity to the choir and other parents of pupils from St
Bede.
The high cost of the tickets reflects the prestigious venue and
the input from celebrity performers. Some of the proceeds from the
event will be donated to charity.
Many children have shown an interest in taking part in the
concert and I am sure that the event will be extremely enjoyable
and memorable. Due to the expense of this event, the school only
participates once every 2/3 years. This allows choir members to
experience the concert at least once during their time at St Bede
and hopefully their memories of the event will last a lifetime.
It is of great importance that pupils who put their names
forward attend all choir rehearsals prior to the event and also
undertake additional practice at home. For this purpose, a lyric
sheet and CD will be given to all choir members.
More information about the event, including video-footage, can
be found at:
http://youngvoices.co.uk/
Please indicate below your agreement for your son / daughter to
be involved with the ‘Young Voices’ Concert.
Yours sincerely,
J. Hatch B Garvey/A Lawson
Head TeacherChoir Leaders
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Young Voices 2017
For the attention of Mr Lawson.
I give permission for ………………………………………..………………………………to attend the
planned rehearsal and the evening performance at the MEN Arena
Manchester.
