Vocal Dimension bitten by the bug in Bournemouth!

Vocal Dimension Chorus is certainly “Having Fun Making Music Together”. In fact, we have been bitten by the performance bug! On a beautiful day in early July, the chorus competed in the Bournemouth Music Festival, a prestigious British festival featuring a class for barbershop groups.

It seemed the perfect setting for Vocal Dimension’s debut competition. Following our 10 minutes on stage, we were absolutely delighted when it was announced that we had placed 3rd in the competition – the judge gave us glowing feedback and, most importantly, our 11 members had a blast! See the photos here.

Here is what a few of our members had to say about their experience:

Sitting in the auditorium sporting our blue sparkly scarves, feeling very much part of something special, the nerves started to settle. Having the opportunity to sit back and watch the other choruses compete was a real eye opener for me. Being new to this genre, it was nice to hear the others and be able to watch their presentation. By the time we got on stage any remaining nerves were overpowered by adrenalin! I loved every minute of the performance. The two songs were over in a flash but it really was a total joy to stand proud beside my new friends and make some fabulous music together!

Having only been with Vocal Dimension since the end of March it was very rewarding to compete successfully against other larger and more established Choruses. I have a sneaky suspicion that this is only just the beginning!

I have some previous performance experience whilst studying at The BRIT School as well as various amateur dramatics groups, and even a season on the Entertainments team at a holiday camp, but it has been at least 16 years since I have set foot on a stage or sung anywhere other than behind closed doors. I thoroughly enjoyed my first on-stage experience with Vocal Dimension and can’t wait for the next!

Not having a great deal of confidence and it being my first on-stage experience, I was amazed how good it felt being up there amongst a talented group of friendly and enthusiastic girls. We were all so well rehearsed by Valerie, our Director - I was determined not to let anyone down. I really enjoyed performing in a not too formal but still competitive atmosphere and afterwards, I felt so much part of the group and thrilled to have played a part in gaining a brilliant result. Bring on the next competition – it’s such fun!

3rd place Chorus!	Celebrating afterwards!