A Ladies Choir is filled with 'excitement and anticipation' with a summer concert in Andover just around the corner. 

The 40 women of Andover Ladies Choir will be singing their concert ‘Sing A Song Of Summer’ at the Lights in Andover on July 7.

It has been a while since the choir last performed at The Lights, with the group undertaking extraordinary ways of staying connected so they could continue to thrive throughout the Covid pandemic.

Andover Ladies Choir founder and music director Clare Oliver said: “It’s our first time back at the wonderful venue The Lights since 2019, due to obvious reasons, and we can’t wait.”

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A choir member had said: “From that first lockdown, we started with Zoom rehearsals, which progressed to singing outdoors spaced apart in a car park, to being indoors wearing special masks, to singing inside 1 metre apart with full room ventilation. Clare was endlessly inventive, and kept the choir going.”

Now finally, after performing at the hugely successful Andover Christmas Lights switch-on, Andover Ladies Choir is back with a big summer concert on July 7.

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Clare said: “We have some fantastic new repertoire as well as revisiting some of our first pieces from when I started the choir in 2017. It’s a super selection of songs from film to folk, from showtunes to sacred, from Ave Maria to Abba.

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"You’ll even hear a famous Spice Girls song done in a completely different way. There will be something for everyone, and we are delighted that the new Mayor and Mayoress of Test Valley will be attending.”

The choir, which rehearses at Thruxton Memorial Hall, is full and has a waiting list. The concert is being sponsored by Parker Bullen, KJM Windows and Conservatories, and Andover Mini Storage.

Tickets for the concert which starts at 7:30pm on Friday July 7, are available from The Lights box office at 01264 368368 or online at thelights.org.uk/WhatsOn/10714/andover-ladies-choir.