A LegenDERRY Tour - Oct 22!
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
1y ago
We were thrilled to take part in this year’s Derry International Choir Festival. Taking a fabulous bunch of 40 Bristol Show Choir singers all the way from Bristol to Northern Ireland, we had a super time performing in community concerts and choir trails, pubs and restaurants and even on the city walls! We also competed in the Mixed Voice competition, coming a brilliant 6th! Well done to all our singers who totally smashed Six (from Six) and Bring Him Home (from Les Mis). The adjudicators enjoyed our “energy and style” saying we performed with “bucketloads of enjoyment”. Another said “a great g ..read more
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Hello Autumn
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
1y ago
Hello from us all here at Bristol Show Choir, and welcome to the Autumn Term! We’re so excited to get back to singing and bring back the special brand of musical theatre magic to the week again, be it at Southville, Clifton, Westbury on Trym or Downend. Before we rush headlong into sharing how the term is shaping up so far, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the end of our Summer term, that we, and our sister choir, Bath Show Choir marked with our Summer Spectacular concerts. Singing at the wonderful St George’s Bristol is always a joy for us, but to have done so this year, the term wher ..read more
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Summer Spectacular Concerts
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
1y ago
Hello from us at Bristol Show Choir as we gear up for a momentous week in our calendar: on Saturday the 9th of July, Show Choir are making their triumphant return to the beautiful St Georges for our Summer Spectacular Concerts! We’ll be performing two concerts on the day: for the matinee at 2pm, the Clifton and Easton casts of Bristol Show Choir will be joined by our sister choir, Bath Show Choir to bring our Show Choir magic to the afternoon, before we hand the reins over to our Southville and Westbury on Trym castmates. This term has been a really special one for the Show Choir family. We’ve ..read more
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Greatest Hits Ten: "Six"
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
2y ago
We’ve reached the finale of Bristol Show Choir’s Greatest Hits blogs! It’s our tenth tune as chosen by our amazing cast members, and some might say if you’ll forgive the pun, it’s the jewel in our crown… The tenth song to complete our greatest hits is “Six” from the musical of the same name by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss. Taking the form of a concert instead of more traditional musical theatre telling the story of each Queen, this musical re-imagines the six wives of Henry VIII coming together to form a pop group, each vying for position as lead singer by sharing their stories and seeing who s ..read more
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Greatest Hits Nine: "You Can't Stop The Beat"
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
2y ago
For our penultimate Greatest Hits blog, we’re returning to our roots of five years ago with one of the very first songs we learned as Bristol Show Choir: “You Can’t Stop The Beat” from Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s 2002 musical Hairspray. Set during 1962 in Baltimore, Hairspray follows Tracey Turnblad, a teenager with dreams to inspire change. After auditioning for a role on The Corny Collins show and becoming a celebrity overnight, Tracey decides to use her status and platform for good and campaign for the show to become integrated. The musical explores themes such as racism and freedom of ..read more
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Greatest Hits Eight: "You Will Be Found"
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
2y ago
Here we are then… Bristol Show Choir’s next Greatest Hits blog! We have a special history with this song, having recorded a rendition of our arrangement in order to raise money for the wonderful domestic abus charity, SafeLives, during lockdown, and so we are delighted to see it in our Top Ten. The song also marks our third outing with the composers Benji Pasek & Justin Paul following “City Of Stars” from the film musical La La Land and “This is Me” from The Greatest Showman as we return to their multi Tony and Olivier Award winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. Opening on Broadway in November ..read more
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Greatest Hits Seven: "Hello!"
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
2y ago
Next up on our countdown of Bristol Show Choir’s Greatest Hits: “Hello!” from The Book of Mormon. Premiering on Broadway in 2011, after seven years of development, the show has gone on to gross over $500 million, making it one of the most successful Broadway musicals of all time! A collaboration between Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, the musical is a satirical look at the belief and practises of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but ultimately explores the power of love and service; as the audience follow two missionaries: Elder Price and Elder Cunningham in their att ..read more
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Greatest Hits Six: "Bring Him Home"
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
2y ago
Next up in Bristol Show Choir’s Top Ten, we want to take you to nineteenth century France for an epic tale of love, loss and redemption: Les Miserables. Based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel of the same name, this sung through musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Alain Boublil, Jean Marc Natel (original French lyrics) and Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics) follows Jean Valjean, who breaks his parole following an incredible act of mercy inspires him to start his anew. Under a new identity, Valjean finds himself pursued relentlessly by Inspector Javert and swept up amongst a group of idealist ..read more
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Greatest Hits Five: "Moana Medley”
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
2y ago
We promised in our Show choir blog on our Hamilton medley that we’d be returning to the work of Lin Manuel Miranda, so here we are again! This time, we are combining a true Show Choir classic formula: a composer lots of us enjoy with a sprinkling of Disney magic as we take on a medley from the 2016 smash hit film: Moana! Inspired by Polynesian myths, the film tells the story of Moana – the daughter of a chief who is chosen by the ocean to restore the heart of the goddess Te Fiti and bring harmony back to her island home. Along the way, she learns a long-held secret about her people and joins f ..read more
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Greatest Hits Four: “He Lives In You”, The Lion King
Bristol Show Choir
by Bristol Show Choir
2y ago
Here at Bristol Show Choir, we love a Disney song, even more so a Disney musical; how great was it then, that a song from one of the musical adaptations of a beloved Disney classic made our Top Ten Greatest Hits: “He Lives In You” from The Lion King! Originally premiering in Minnesota, The Lion King opened on Broadway on November 13th 1997; where it currently calls the Minskoff Theatre home: as the third longest running show in Broadway history! It opened in the West End on October 19th 1999, at the Lyceum Theatre where it’s still running now. It won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical and ..read more
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