Children’s choir ready for a new year

Shannon LeClair   

Times Reporter

 

The Strathmore Children’s Choir is getting ready to prepare for a new year, with the first rehearsal scheduled for Oct. 6. This is the fourth year for the Children’s Choir and this year there are two choirs. 

“Our Bravo choir consists of kids in Kindergarten and Grade 1, and has 16 members.  Our Encore choir has grown a lot since last year, now with a membership of 36 kids grades 2 to 6,” said Loralee Laycock, director for the Strathmore Children’s Choir. 

“The choir was started because we wanted to provide an opportunity for kids in the community to come together and sing, outside of the great music programs they already had in their schools.  We wanted to teach kids the value of music, how it can affect them in a positive way, and how important it is to belong to a group that is working together for a common goal.”

Each year the Children’s Choir performs a Christmas concert, and others in March and May. The Encore choir also competes each year in the Drumheller Music Festival in March.  

Due to the increased enrollment the Christmas concert will be held at the Hope Community Church this year in their sanctuary on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. The choir may also be singing the national anthem at one of the Bisons hockey games as they did last year, though the date has yet to be confirmed. 

Registration for the fall season is full, though Laycock said they will happily accept new members starting in January. To find out more information go to www.strathmorechildrenschoir.com.