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autumn 2007 Pakefield Singers
Hello and welcome to the official internet home of Pakefield Singers. Here you can find out the latest news on the Singers, the history of the Society and read press releases.

HEAR AND SEE THE SINGERS.... See the Recordings Page for newly added samples
LATEST NEWS

Our first concert of 2008 is at All Saints & St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield on Saturday 23 February. Please look on the Future Events Page for details.

FUNDING
The Society is self-funding and receives no sponsorship income. It does, however, continue to have significant regular costs in the form of rehearsal costs over 46 weeks of the year, whereas most choral societies only rehearse for 30 weeks or less a year for the same membership fees. There is also the cost of buying sheet music. As we are a choir with a continuously growing repertoire, rather than a choral society doing single performances of single works, we therefore cannot hire our sheet music, but have to have enough copies of each item of our repertoire for each member. This means that we have to buy our music, an additional cost compared to most choirs / choral societies. It is not a case of buying one and giving the members photocopies, as photocopying music is strictly illegal. We have however, been very fortunate in obtaining a number of grants which have been essential for the Society's development.
 Suffolk County Council Locality Budgets, Awards for All, Shell Exploration and Production, and Anglia Regional Cooperative Society have supported us. The Society gratefully acknowledges all the very generous financial help that it has received. However, there are continuing financial demands as we further develop our technique and repertoire. A recent example was our 2007 tour to Aarhus in Denmark at the invitation of the Danish choir Kor-I-Nord. This was only possible due to the fundraising efforts of many people, both by the members of the Pakefield Singers and many of those outside.
If you wish to sponsor the Society or know of anyone who might wish to sponsor us, please leave a message for the Society on the Contact page».

PERFORMANCE RISERS & TRAILER
We have had our tiered performance risers specially constructed to allow us to perform in a variety of curved or straight formations. However, each component is light and the whole assembly is easily put together and taken apart for each concert. Suffolk County Council Locality Budgets largely supported their purchase in 2005.
In order to store and transport the risers, we have had this trailer specially built. Suffolk County Council Locality Budgets also largely funded this purchase. So you need to look out for us, as we get ready for our concerts. The whole outfit is freely available for other groups to use. Please e-mail pongopup1@hotmail.co.uk for details.

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