Some updates and more coming soon

Whew! It’s been quite a few months for us - our Brighton performance with the VMC is now here and more to follow. So, it will take a little time to gather breath, but updates along with some photos will be appearing on our History and Look & Listen pages over the few weeks. Keep checking back...

'A Gay Outing' at Charleston Farmhouse

We have been invited to perform at Charleston Farmhouse, near Lewes, on the 28th of July for their event ‘A Gay Outing: The Other Side of Bloomsbury’.

Chaleston Farmhouse
Our performance time isn’t known yet, but when it is we will post it here. The whole event is from 4pm until 9pm and there’s tea and cake, wine, the garden and a lively discussion to top it all off. It sounds like you might as well just go for the whole thing and have a great time, as we certainly will! The marvellous Brighton Outstory are also contributing to the event.

From
Wikipedia:
Charleston, the country home of the Bloomsbury group is a unique example of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's decorative style within a domestic context and represents the fruition of over sixty years of artistic creativity. Vanessa Bell wrote of this time; "It will be an odd life, but...it ought to be a good one for painting."
In addition to the house and artists' garden, there is an exhibition gallery showing an exciting mix of contemporary and historical shows of fine and decorative art, a Crafts Council selected shop selling applied art and books relating to Bloomsbury, a small tea room and a video presentation. Charleston hosts a number of special events throughout the year, most notably the Charleston Festival which is centred around talks and drama relating to literary, artistic and Bloomsbury themes.

Yey - Awards for All Grant!

The Rainbow Chorus is looking forward to an exciting year following receipt of a grant from Awards for All, the Lottery grants scheme aimed at local communities. The grant of nearly £10,000 will support the choir in developing our repertoire and creativity as we commission new works and involve professionals in our vocal and musical preparation.

We have already begun this work. Choral Propaganda , which we performed at the Royal Festival Hall and then in the Brighton Fringe Festival (details and photos of both coming to the web site soon!), was our first repertoire where we were able to hire a stage manager to help us interpret our songs visually. Our members had a great time learning the choreography and the results were received enthusiastically by our audiences.

The grant will also help us increase our profile in the LGBT community through its funding of open access events and workshops. While we always want more people to hear us sing, we also want more people to get involved in singing with us. Look out for our events, come along and be part of our celebration of gay culture in Brighton and Hove.

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