Friday 25 April 2008

Diva comes to Pontefract

Great evening at the Central Methodist Church on Newgate this evening with about 150 other folks for two local groups to entertain us as part of a weekend of performances.

This evening it was an excellant performance by the Castleford Male Voice Choir, with a break to preview an arts and crafts exhibition that opens at 10am tomorrow (might take the Walsh cheque book), followed by a great band performance from the Knottingley Concert Brass Band.

Diva is a Wakefield based organisation to promote the arts in the district and this evening they did a first rate job. The venue was great as well, fantastic acoustics added to the enjoyment of great performers.

Tomorrow we have Castleford Choral Society and the Gawthorpe 85 Band same place at 7.30pm, I hope to be there.

This has rounded off a day of first rate performances, there has been a series of organ recitals each Friday at 1pm at St Giles in Pontefract, todays performance was by Paul Dewhurst the Director of Music at St Giles and was brilliant. The Organ has been undergoing a process of improvements over recent years and the process is gradually coming to a conclusion.

If you can visit St Giles in Pontefract on a Friday lunchtime you could be in for a great experience.

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