It’s “concert week” for the VCS, but instead of perfecting our line-up, getting our folders in perfect order and pressing our concert blacks (well, okay, we’re doing that too!) – VCS is preparing for a festival!  It’s a joyous and, in my mind, BEAUTIFULLY executed chaos of artists:

• from the full 75-member chorus to a minstrel and his guitar (Rich Follett), from a Celtic fusion band (Tinsmith) to the more traditional Irish Breakfast Band and from a gaggle of energetic youth drummers (the VES Jammers) to two accomplished youth soloists – a dancer (Katherine Hughes) and a fiddler (Eammon Carolan).
• Jewelers, weavers, bakers, printers, facepainters, crafters

We’re a choral society – why not have you sit down and sing you a concert?  Well, lots of reasons! [Read more…]