Chantry Quire offer Christmas carols in Arundel

Chantry Quire continue their 25th anniversary season, 2024-25, with a busy Christmas programme.

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00:00Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. Lovely to

00:06speak again to Peter Orwood. Now it's a fantastic year ahead for the Chantry Choir. You've just

00:11embarked on your 25th anniversary here, the successful launch to that season. Now you're

00:17letting your hair down to an extent with Sing Noel, Saturday, December the 14th in Arendelle.

00:23What is it? It's you getting festive, isn't it?

00:27We get in the festive spirit indeed we do, Phil, and we're inviting any who wish to come

00:34and join us for this occasion. It's set at 3.30 in the afternoon because we think that

00:41would be a good time for everybody who's been out Christmas shopping, maybe been out over

00:46lunch, been to the market. Things are beginning to close down at that time and they can just

00:51walk up the hill, come to St Nicholas Church, sit down, relax for a while, bring the family,

00:57friends, relax. It will only last for about an hour.

01:01After all the commercialism, they can lift their soul somewhat.

01:03They can and they can join in the singing of some carols as well and or just sit back and

01:08listen to the choir sing. And yes, so we hope that it will help everybody to continue getting

01:14into the festive spirit.

01:16Slightly surprisingly, this is a new venture for the choir, isn't it?

01:19Oh, quite new.

01:20You haven't traditionally done a Christmas event, have you?

01:22No, we haven't traditionally done it. No, we did one last year and it went down so well.

01:27We thought we'd do it again.

01:29But as I say, we just brought it slightly earlier because we think the timing will work

01:33better for everybody.

01:34So 3.30 St Nicholas Church on the 14th.

01:37And yeah, we're looking forward to that.

01:40And then on the 19th, you have a date at Goodwood House and that will be a lovely way to round off

01:46this year.

01:47Yes, Goodwood House have decided for the first time, I think, to have a really beautiful,

01:52wonderful festive occasion there of carols.

01:57And the audience can either come at six o'clock on the 19th to enjoy singing some carols together

02:04and listening to the choir and having some beautiful refreshments and so on, or they

02:09can come a little earlier if they wish and enjoy afternoon tea in the glorious ballroom

02:14at Goodwood.

02:14And a smaller group of us will be singing some carols during that event as well.

02:20So it sounds a lot of fun, a lot of fun.

02:22It sounds brilliant.

02:23Well, lovely to speak to you again, Peter.

02:25Have a lovely Christmas.

02:27Thanks very much, you too.

02:28All the best.

02:29All the best.