Dinner for the Choir of Hard Knocks concert
The Choir of Hard Knocks is coming to Violet Town in February 2009. click image
The Choir of Hard Knocks is coming to Violet Town and we invite you to attend a dinner in Violet Town to raise funds for their costs.
The 'Spring Carnival' dinner is expected to be another excellent meal by Rachael and her team.
There will be raffles and perhaps a 'phantom' race caller to accompany a 'race' through the hall. more later...
So ... there are two important not-to-be-missed dates to put in your calendar:
Spring Carnival Dinner
- When: 7:00 pm on 20 September 2008
- Where: Violet Town Community Hall Cost: $30 per person
The Choir of Hard Knocks Concert
- When: 6:30 pm on 14 February 2009
- Where: Violet Town Recreation Reserve Cost: free entry
The Choir of Hard Knocks story..
"Inspired by the Montreal Homeless Men's Choir and his previous experience with the Sydney Street Choir, former Opera Australia Tenor Jonathon Welch formed a partnership with ABC TV, Fremantle Media and RecLink Australia to document the creation of the Choir of Hard Knocks.
Formed in September 2006, the Choir of Hard Knocks is made up of a group of 50 diverse and eclectic individuals who responded to a call to form a community street choir.
Their incredible journey was recorded and broadcast by the ABC and touched the lives of millions of viewers across Australia.
Since that time the Choir have recorded 2 CDs. Their first release, Songs from the Series, has won an ARIA Award and sold in excess of 110,000 copies while their second album Songs of Hope and Inspiration was released at Christmas.
In Canberra for Australia Day 2008, Jonathon Welch was recently acclaimed the Australian of the Year: Local Hero while the Choir were hosted by none less than the Prime Minister himself." quotation from The Choir of Hard Knocks website.
For details/interview call the Editor on (03) 5798 1858