Sponsored by
Streetchoir Festival: Harmony in the heat - PHOTOS
CHOIRS came together to sing loud and proud on the steps of Sheffield City Hall.
The mass chorus of 740 singers representing 35 choirs from around the country was the centrepiece of the 28th National Streetchoir Festival, an event which was born in Sheffield back in 1984.
This year's gathering was the first in the city since 1992 and attracted choirs from York, Leeds, Manchester, Bradford, Nottingham, Leicester, Aberystwyth, Brighton - and even Germany.
The hosts for this year's festival were members of the Out Aloud gay choir, with the help of other local groups Purple Cats, Body of Sound and the Sheffield Socialist Choir.
Hazel Ainsley from Brighton's Hullaballoo Community Choir said she attended the festivals every year but this was her first time in Sheffield.
"Like the other choirs we are performing all over the city over the weekend and we have some great slots on Devonshire Green and in the Peace Gardens," she said.
Songs on the steps in front of a healthy lunchtime crowd included Unison in Harmony, Singing For Our Lives, Nana Was A Suffragette and a rousing finale of the Internationale.
Got a view? Leave a comment below.
Follow The Star on Twitter and Facebook:
For breaking news and sport follow The Star on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sheffieldstar and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sheffieldstar .
JOIN THE STAR READER PANEL: The Star is YOUR newspaper, so tell us what you think about it and what you want to see - CLICK HERE.
Don't miss our daily pull-outs - only in the The Star: Monday Star Sport, Tuesday Class Act; Wednesday Business; Thursday Grassroots; Friday Time Out; Saturday Retro. Subscribe to The Star - CLICK HERE
READ MORE
Join the Star reader panel
Main news index
Your letters
Features
South Yorkshire's environmental news
Kids Zone
More business news
More Rotherham news
More Doncaster news
More Barnsley news
Latest sport
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Sheffield
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 8 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: West
