BARNSLEY Youth Choir arrived back in Barnsley yesterday after impressing audiences - and wowing some of the world’s best singers - at an international singing festival in Sweden.
The 59 members of the 200-plus strong choir who were chosen for the prestigious trip almost didn’t make it due to major motorway hold-ups on their way to the airport last Friday. They only made it because the plane was delayed several hours.
“It was incredibly stressful but the trip ended up being a resounding success,” said musical director Mat Wright.
In the last couple of years the choir has had success in international competitions. But this trip wasn’t competitive and was purely about performing ‘at the very highest level’.
Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle
