The Village Quire are a superbly talented group of close-harmony singers with original arrangements by Dave Newell and story-telling by actor Phil Smith.
At our summer school last year (2016) we were treated to their wonderful adaptation of Precious Bane.
Poster for precious Bane
Precious Bane will be performed on
Saturday 16th September at 7.30
at The Royston Memorial Hall, Talgarth Road, Bronllys, Brecon LD3 0LE
Tickets £7.50 from Lesley Emerson 01874 711020
Their new show Back to the garden is based on real life letters from local gardener William Bevan sent back from the trenches to his employer, Sir John Stanhope Arkwright.
Back to the Garden poster
Back to the Garden will be performed on Saturday 28th October
at Pontesbury Congregational Church 7.30 pm
Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury SY 0QH
Tickets in aid of Pontesbury Library £10 including refreshments from
Friends of Pontesbury Library Tel: 01743 790385
It will also be performed on
Saturday 30th September 7.30pm
at Maesyronnen Chapel, Glasbury on Wye, HR3 5NJ
Tickets £8 from Jane Ricketts-Hein 01497 847391
For more details of The Village Quire’s programme
check www.villagequire.org.uk
If you have never seen The Village Quire, you are in for a treat.
“The Village Quire have a reputation for spine-tingling harmony singing with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song.”
Monday, September 11, 2017
