Media Release
Thursday, 7 June

Christchurch Pops celebrates 1st birthday at Rapaki Rd!

The Christchurch Pops Choir turns one this week and is celebrating by
singing for a gathering of Rapaki Rd residents hard hit by the
earthquakes.

The Pops year has consisted of learning repertoire for 10
performances, conducting two rounds of auditions resulting in more
than 70 sopranos, altos, tenors and basses getting together weekly to
rehearse, and its first mini-tour outside Christchurch.

Next up, the choir has received a special invitation to perform on
Saturday, 9 June at a private function for Rapaki Rd residents who are
trying to keep a sense of community in stressful times.

“POPS was started because there were limited opportunities for the
city’s rock, pop,jazz, gospel, folk and musical theatre singers to
perform following the earthquakes. We needed to get together for
ourselves and to provide musical events for the people of
Christchurch,” Choir Director Luke Di Somma says.

“We’re performers, we needed an outlet for that. And we can well
understand the need to keep coming together to reaffirm what’s good
about our lives now and support each other, which is what the
residents of Rapaki Rd are doing,” Mr Di Somma says.

With songs from artists such as Adele, Queen, Manhattan Transfer,
Hollie Smith, Michael Jackson and Goldenhorse, the Christchurch Pops
Choir has been wowing local audiences with its fresh take on choir
singing and recently went on the road to perform in support of the
Methven Heritage Centre.

“We’re hoping we can share a bit of sunshine for these residents in
the form of popular music, that’s what we’re all about. And then
we’ve planned our own event to share a birthday cake and enjoy a bit
of a party together, which will no doubt include more singing!” Mr Di
Somma says.

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