Forty-five young singers entertained a sold-out capacity crowd at Logie Hall in the Third Avenue United Church Sunday afternoon.
It was the Community Youth Choir's first recital of the season, entitled Pure Imagination.
The singers, ranging in age from as young as six to high school age, presented songs from favourite Disney movies and Broadway shows. In addition to singing, presenting their concert also meant some acting, some dancing and some clowning around. Putting on such a concert also means learning about set, costume and prop changes and other backstage necessities.
Director Lisa Hornung commended the group of young people for their enthusiasm and talented performance, saying it is a privilege for herself and the other volunteers to work with the choir.
"What we give them is a drop in the bucket compared to what we get back," she said.
Hornung, a famed mezzo soprano, says she has had the pleasure of being invited to perform on stages throughout the world, but nowhere is she happier than on stage with the Community Youth Choir.
The group is a non-audition choir and each member is allowed to make up their own minds about how they want to perform, whether in the group only, or in a solo, duet or small group.
"If they want to," she said, "they can."
Amazingly, the choir was able to put on its concert with a regular practice routine of only one hour per week for the main choir, she said, and an additional hour or so a week for a group within the choir interested in more intense training.
The choir performs in two concerts per season. The proceeds from their concerts are split with the Third Avenue United Church, in thanks for the church's commitment and contribution to the community's music students.
A group of choir members is also scheduled to sing at the upcoming Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation Festival of Trees.
