› Choir singers provide festive atmosphere

20 December 2021

The beautiful tones of The Choristers of Christchurch Cathedral rang out in at Christchurch Hospital last week, delighting patients, visitors and staff. People stopped to sit and take photos of the choir as they sang inside the hospital’s main entrance and at Waipapa. The choristers, who are pupils of Cathedral Grammar School, sang a mixture of traditional carols. "It doesn’t feel like Christmas until I hear them sing, it’s a moving experience", says Ecumenical Chaplain Christchurch Women’s Hospital Alexa Evenden. “This is the fourth year we have invited the boys from the choristers of the Christchurch Cathedral to sing. This year we also had the girls coming, so there were about 30 singers in all.” Staff, patients and visitors are always very excited to hear the singing, which is just beautiful, she says.