An absolute Box of Delights greeted the audience on Saturday night at the URC when St Helens Sinfonietta presented a romantic evening of ‘Music for St Valentine!’ to a hugely appreciative audience.

The quartet of local professional musicians showed the breadth and depth of their talents with a thoughtfully chosen programme which alternated vocal and instrumental gems, from Beethoven to Ewan McColl and music theatre classics.
The opening ‘Moonlight Sonata’ (first movement) with Alan on piano, set a relaxing tone for an hour or so of familiar and not-so-familiar tunes.

If you are a singer aged aged between 14 and 19 years, you could be singing at the Olympics in 2012!

Youth Music Voices is a major new project providing 14-19 year olds with the opportunity to join in and celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games through singing.

See: http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/musicispower/What-We-Do/Encourage-Talent-Po...

By joining Youth Music’s national singing team, young singers can be part of London 2012 without having to be a sporting great.

Issue 8 OUT NOW....!

The latest issue of Bido Lito! - The Liverpool Music Magazine is out now. Featuring interviews with FOREST SWORDS, THE WILD EYES, HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT, PAYPER TIGER RECORDS, LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC & WHIPLASH...Plus the latest News, Previews, Reviews and much more... Get your copy now...

The Bido Lito! Podcast...

Just heard that Imana, the wonderful singer of A Cripmas Carol, came first in the Under 16s of St Helens Got Talent. Congratulations to Imana!

St.Helens Council has been successful in securing £60,642 from Arts Council England to develop arts programmes within St.Helens.

The funding will enable the council to work closely with tenants and residents groups, community organisations, voluntary and third sector groups to empower the community to deliver their own arts projects.

It will start with a high profile conference planned for March and a ‘bitesize’ training programme.

Have you seen the fantastic 11 year old singer Imana on this new take on a traditional song?

The 12 Days Of Cripmas is a topical take of a classic carol listing the benefits and services currently being removed from disabled people in Britain.

We had our final practice for this year on tuesday - thank you to everyone who managed to come along to the session. And a huge thank you to all carers and singers who have contributed over the last few weeks.

Jez Kerr, who is writing our carers song, is currently one of the pick n mix artists on the Radio 2 Radcliffe and Maconie show -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/the-radcliffe-and-maconie-show/pick-an...

All votes appreciated - vote for his song 'play sumthing fast' to get played every day on radio 2.

The full song is on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keGYPf4FLS8

Interest is growing in the complaints choir with journalists from the Daily Mail now chasing the story...

So if you want to be a part of it - Tuesday 14th December - 2-4pm at Mash Gallery on Haydock St, St Helens (off Bickerstaffe St).

Come along - join in with the singing - bring an instrument - clap - watch - support us. All welcome.

This is the World's first carers complaints choir - let's make the most of it.

See you there?

No sooner has the world come to terms with the latest revelations from WikiLeaks than a new and potentially more devastating scandal threatens to engulf us. The latest cables, leaked by an insider at Santa Corps headquarters in Lapland, reveal that company boss and renowned philanthropist Dr Santa C Laws (MBA):

• Urged the US to "cut the head off the reindeer" and launch a military strike on neighbouring Napland
• Scuppered England's bid to hold the 2018 World Cup, bunging millions to corrupt officials