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A Virish Christmas Concert

2021 was a year dominated by talk of Coronavirus, and while many of us now gloss over the subject from simple fatigue, the Irish Choir Perth decided to lean into the topic as the theme for our Christmas Concert! It’s an unusual choice for sure, and apart from being unable to resist the play on words with Virus and Irish, there was a thoughtful reason behind it. We wanted to choose a theme that would, in years to come, be easy to identify as our 2021 show. Good or bad, it was the year of Covid-19, vaccines, snap lockdowns and State Daddy. It was also the year where we refused to let Covid put a halt to our Choir. Choirs were classed as ‘risky’ believe it or not! We found creative ways to meet up, depending on the Covid restrictions: we measured rooms and distances between chairs, we timed sessions and moved to different spaces, we met in smaller groups, in groups with masks, we met online. And after every lockdown ended and restrictions were eased, we were thrilled to meet again and enjoy the simple pleasure of singing in person. For all the bad, something good came out of it for us, and that is worth celebrating. Those attending the concert will be relieved to hear the theme won’t be applied too literally. The only nods to Covid will be the usual checking in and hand sanitising. Once inside, the concert will embrace Christmas and the audience can expect to see highlights from the new songs we have worked on throughout the year, plus of course some Christmas favourites. A one-hour matinee will be followed by a longer evening concert. Both concerts sell out, so get your tickets today at www.trybooking.com/BUNNQ