Several choristers have suggested that we should reprise the successful pre-Covid trips next year. Accordingly, your helpful leaders have done some research and come up with some options.
The question for you is – would you like to come on one or more of these options? And I’d love to say you can mull it over, but apparently booking flights for groups is very difficult, so these options will not stay open for long. Accordingly, we would appreciate feedback quickly. To hold the prices quoted, we would have to commit by October 27 – and if we are going with Vienna, we have to pick one or other quickly as we are holding flights for both which is not sustainable.
So can we ask for your feedback, by email to Siobhan, Lesley or Chris (or all 3) with any and all thoughts. Even if it’s “I need to discuss but I know for sure I cannot do the first one” that will be helpful. And obviously the most helpful of all is a definitive Yes.
The three options are two along the lines of what we did before – group sings in Austria. And a Spanish option, suggested by Marta.
| Destination | Vienna | Vienna | Merida |
| Dates | July 6-9 | July 13-16 | Open |
| Format | Group sing | Group sing | Flexible – us plus Marta’s choir |
| Major work | Haydn Creation | Mozart Coronation Mass Handel Dettingen Te Deum | Probably no major work, smaller pieces, probably mostly a SGC concert |
| Price (roughly) | £700 based on 15+ going. Covers flights, hotels (2 per room), breakfasts, airport transfers | £760 based on 15+ going. Covers flights, hotels (2 per room), airport transfers | Hard to say |
| Other | Additional £150-170 for single room | Additional £150-170 for single room |
More information on the Vienna options can be found here:
https://www.kunstkultur.com/en/services/sing-along-concerts
The Spanish option is very freeform. Marta runs a choir in Merida, in South-West Spain. She suggested that we could team up with them to do something, but it would be pretty much self-organised. Which gives us great flexibility but at the cost of some organisational burden.