Argus Singers

30/08/2024

So, for tomorrow (Saturday 31st Aug) remember your:
- packed lunch,
- water,
- "carols for choirs",
- parking location (e.g. free ex- civic centre car park, Newcastle Rd, Chester-le-Street DH3 3TE)
- way to the church (Methodist church, N Burns, Chester-le-Street DH3 3TF)
- enthusiasm 😉

10/07/2024

Our next concert is at Tudhoe Methodist Church. 14th July, 2pm, followed by a cream tea. Tickets are £5 from the church.

17/06/2024

Our concert, this Friday evening.

07/03/2024

Our next rehearsal is this Saturday (2-4.30pm) at Cornerstones as usual.

03/01/2024

Happy New Year to all.
We are back to rehearsals from Saturday.
Rehearsal dates for your diaries are:
6 Jan 2024, 2-4.30pm
20 Jan 2024, 2-4.30pm
3 Feb 2024, 2-4.30pm
10 Feb 2024, Chester-le-Street Methodist Church, JOINT CONCERT with The Mastersingers, rehearsal from 5.30pm, concert at 7pm.
24 Feb 2024, 2-4.30pm
9 Mar 2024, 2-4.30pm
23 Mar 2024, 2-4.30pm.

We welcome singers who are interested in joining (especially tenors and basses). Why not come along to a couple of rehearsals and see if we're a fit before formally auditioning?
[Our subscription is £25 per annum].

07/10/2023

We're delighted that we'll be part of this evening.

🎄 Join us for a night of festive music and song from talented local performers at the wonderful Lumley Castle in Chester-le-Street, Durham.

🎼 The concert will take place on Sunday 26th November featuring music and carols from Perfect Fifth, Argus Singers and Houghton Brass.

🎟️ Tickets are available now at hncf.org.uk/carols

💙 All proceeds will help in the fight against head and neck cancers.

24/07/2023

We're off for our summer break now. Back to start all that Christmas music on 9th September!
[Photo by Ethan Robertson, on Unsplash]

15/07/2023

04/01/2023

Back to rehearsals mid January at Cornerstones, Chester-le-Street.
Dates for your diaries:
14 Jan 2023, 2-5pm (an extra half hour has been added to allow for collection/distribution of music).
28 Jan 2023, 2-4.30pm
11 Feb 2023, 2-4.30pm
25 Feb 2023, 2-4.30pm
11 Mar 2023, 2-4.30pm
25 Mar 2023, 5.30-9.30pm, Chester-le-Street Methodist Church, CONCERT rehearsal from 5.30pm, concert at 7pm .
15 Apr 2023, 2-4.30pm
29 Apr 2023, 1-4.30pm, AGM at 1pm, Rehearsal from 2pm.
13 May 2023, 2-4.30pm
20 May 2023, 5.30-9pm, Leadgate Methodist Church, joint CONCERT with The Glendale Choir, rehearsal from 5.30pm, concert at 7pm.

Anyone interested in joining is welcome to come along. After a couple of sessions if you want to stay you'll be asked to audition.

22/12/2022

From our concert at Witton Gilbert

16/12/2022

Sorry we've had to cancel tomorrow's concert as a high percentage of us have come down with covid. 😢

10/11/2022

It's never too early to advertise the Christmas Concert. ... and don't worry, there will be refreshments afterwards to sustain you on your journey home. 🎄🎄
Tickets cost £5.

25/08/2022

We're meeting for our new term on 10th September (2-4.30pm as usual), then 24 Sept, 15 Oct, 29 Oct, 12 Nov, 26 Nov with Christmas concerts on 10th and 17th December.
We look forward to seeing all our members returning. .. and are happy to invite new altos, tenors and basses to give us a try (we have a waiting list for sopranos - sorry).

09/07/2022

From Ron: What a great Concert tonight at Chester le Street Methodist Church well done to everyone nice to be back... I have to say I agree 🎶🎵

06/06/2022

Always.

20/05/2022

Just a reminder that our next rehearsal is on 28th May (2-4.30pm).

24/04/2022

Our AGM is at 1pm on 7th May in the Walter Best room (followed by our scheduled rehearsal). I hope to see you all there.

20/04/2022

Here we are again. Our rehearsal on Saturday 23rd April is going ahead as planned (2-4.30pm).
No tea/coffee being provided as yet, so bring your own flasks if you need some. Thanks.
🎶🎶🎶

08/04/2022

Unfortunately tomorrow's rehearsal has had to be cancelled. Members will be contacted by email with further developments.

06/03/2022

Next practice on Saturday 12th March (reinstituting the "coffee break" :) )

11/01/2022

Sadly we have had to cancel the rehearsal on 15th January (Covid strikes again!). Fingers crossed for 29th January.

05/01/2022

New Year: New Start.
We'll have our first rehearsal of 2022 on 15th January, 2-4.30pm at Cornerstones.
See you there ;)

17/12/2021

Sadly we have had to cancel tomorrow's small-scale concert which was to have been held at Chester-le-Street Methodist Church. :(

17/12/2021

Well the Argus Singers managed one performance this year. Here we are, a select group on the Bandstand at Beamish Museum.