DATES ANNOUNCED


The dates and venues for the area selection stage of the competition are as follows:



Saturday 20 February 2010 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Poco Amabile
Youth Category: Arden Youth Choir
Adult: Bel Canto
Open Category: EAGA Gosepl Choir, Cottontown Chorus, Ysgol Glanaethwy Senior Choir

Highly commended:
Congleton High School Choir
Ysgol Glanaethwy Junior Choir

CHOIRS TAKING PART
Children's Category
Poco Amabile
Laurel Lane Singers
Emmanuel Apostolic Children's Choir
 
Open Category
Ysgol Glanaethwy Senior Choir
The Cotton Town Chorus
G: Force Gospel Choir
Pure Voices

Youth Category
Bradford Girls’ Choir
Mundo Afrika
Congleton High School
Arden Youth Choir
Ysgol Glanaethwy Junior Choir
 
Adult Category
Bel Canto
EAGA Gospel Choir
Free Range





Sunday 28 March 2010 - Milton Keynes Theatre

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Kent College Choristers
Open Category: Jonas Foundation Singers and Funky Voices
Youth Category: Plume School Choir, Broadland Youth Choir Seniors and The Perse School Senior Chorale
Adult Category: Dalediva and Positif


CHOIRS TAKING PART
Children’s Category
Manor Lodge School Senior Choir
Broadland Junior Choir
Wilbury School
Kent College Choristers

Open Category
Funky Voices
Jonas Foundation Singers

Youth Category
Plume School Choir
High Wycombe Music Centre Youth Choir
Huddersfield Grammar School Senior Choir
Broadland Youth Choir
Brooke Weston Choir
The Perse School Senior Chorale

Adult Category
Dalediva
Positif



Saturday 17 April 2010 - The Anvil, Basingstoke

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Oakwood Choir
Youth Category: The John Fisher RC Comprehensive School Chapel Choir
Adult Category: Wellensian Consort
Open Category: Sing It!, Souls of Prophecy Gospel Choir and Voices from the Coal Shed

Highly commended: Pipers Corner School Consort

CHOIRS TAKING PART
Children’s Category
Northcote Choir
Oakwood Choir
The John Fisher RC Comprehensive School Boys' Choir (withdrawn from competition)
St. Antony' School Choir
Rosendale Junior Choir

Youth Category
St Mary's Church Junior Choir
Harris Girls' Academy Inspirational Choir
The John Fisher RC Comprehensive School Chapel Choir
Pipers Corner School Consort

Adult Category
Bella Cora
The Royal Harmonics
Souls of Prophecy Gospel Choir
Lymington Choral Society
Wellensian Consort

Open Category
Medina High Community Choir
Sing It
Chelmsford Gospel Choir
The London Lucumi Choir
Voices from the Coal Shed





Sunday 18 April 2010 - The Anvil, Basingstoke

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children’s Category: New Forest Children's Choir
Youth Category: TGS Motet Choir and Funky Little Choir
Adult Category: Reading Phoenix Choir and Diversity

CHOIRS TAKING PART
Children’s Category
New Forest Children's Choir
Warlingham Park School Choir

Youth Category
Vox Pop
TGS Motet Choir
Funky Little Choir
Mount St Mary's College Choir
QM Choir
Ravens Wood School Choir

Adult Category
Cantatrice
Reading Phoenix Choir
Diversity



Sunday 25 April 2010 - Victoria Rooms, Bristol

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Westminster Boys' Choir
Open Category: The Great Western Chorus
Adult Category: The Bishop's Place Singers
Youth Category: St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls, The Holles Singers,
Circuit 16 Youth Choir and Farnham Youth Choir

High Commended: Cotham Gospel/Soul Choir


CHOIRS TAKING PART

Children's Category:
Westminster Boys' Choir

Adult Cateory:
The Bishop's Place Singers

Open Category:
Bristol Fashion Ladies' Barbershop Chorus
Great Western Chorus
The Avonbelles

Youth Category:
Hereford Cathedral School Chamber Choir
The Gryphon School Senior Girls' Choir
Godolphin Vocal Ensemble
Cotham Gospel/Soul Choir
The Holles Singers
St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls
Circuit 16 Youth Choir
Backwell School Chamber Choir
Farnham Youth Choir




Saturday 1 May 2010 - Usher Hall, Edinburgh  

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Inverclyde Schools' Junior Choir
Youth Category: Inverclyde Schools' Senior Choir
Open Category: Haddo Combined Treble Voice Choir
Adult Category: Les Sirenes; UCLan Chamber Choir

CHOIRS TAKING PART

Children’s Category:
Inverclyde Schools' Junior Choir
Williamston Primary School Choir
Aberdeen City Boys' Choir

Adult Category:
Legato Voices
UCLan Chamber Choir
Inverclyde Voices
Les Sirenes

Open Category:
Coro Edina
Haddo Combined Treble Voice Choir

Youth Category:
Inverclyde Schools' Senior Choir




Sunday 16 May 2010 - Warwick Arts Centre

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Springfield Songbirds, Goodwyn Prep School Choir, Warwickshire County Junior Girls' Choir, Warwickshire County Boys' Choir & Four Oaks Cluster Choir
Adult Category: Northern Spirit Singers & Colla Voce
Open Category: The Sandra Wellbeing Gospel Choir & The Rainbow Connection Singers
Youth Category: Royal Grammar School Close Harmony Group & Warwickshire County Youth Chorale


CHOIRS TAKING PART

Children’s Category:
Springfield Songbirds
Goodwyn Prep School Choir
Warwickshire County Junior Girls Choir
Warwickshire County Boys Choir
Four Oaks Cluster Choir

Adult Category:
Southend Vox
Northern Spirit Singers
Shout Gospel Choir
Colla Voce
The Sandra Wellbeing Choir

Open Category:
Tapestry
The Rainbow Connection Singers

Youth Category:
Royal Grammar School Close Harmony Group
Charvil Girls' Choir
Shotton Hall School Choir
Chester Music Society Youth Choir
St Paul's Girls' Centenary Choir
The Rainbow Connection Youth Choir
Warwickshire Vocalise
Warwickshire County Youth Choir



Saturday 22 May 2010 - Harrow Teachers' Centre

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Camden Young Singers, The Voice Squad Cadets, West London Children's Choir
Open Category: The Voice Squad Seniors, Signature, Take Twenty, Amersham A Capella, Phoenix Chorus
Adult Category: Harmony on Heels

Deansfield Primary School Choir were Highly Commended in the Children’s Category


CHOIRS TAKING PART

Children’s Category:
Deansfield Primary School Choir
Camden Young Singers
The New Foundling Choir
West London Children's Choir

Adult Category:
Harmony on Heels
Signature A Cappella Singers
Amersham A Cappella

Open Category:
The Voice Squad Seniors
The Sound Collective Chorus
Take Twenty +
Castoffs Choir
Phoenix Chorus

Youth Category:
Studley High School Choir




Sunday 23 May 2010 - St David's Hall, Cardiff

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Hazlegrove Chamber Choir
Open Category: Trinity Choir, The South Bank Singers
Adult Category: Serenity, CF1, The Descant Housewives


CHOIRS TAKING PART

Children’s Category:
Hazlegrove Chamber Choir
The Stagecoach South West Children's Choir
St Johns on the Hill School Junior Choir

Adult Category:
Girls Night Out
Serenity
Cordydd
Cor CF1
The Descant Housewives

Open Category:
Trinity Choir
One Voice
The South Bank Singers

Youth Category:
The Stagecoach South West Regional Choir
Yeovil Youth Choir




Saturday 5 June 2010 - Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:

Open Category: Cotswold Children’s Choir
Youth Category: Churchfield Singers, Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir


CHOIRS TAKING PART

Children’s Category:
Farleigh School Senior Choir

Adult Category:
Charvil Voices

Open Category:
Howlin’ Wolves Chamber Choir
Cotswold Children’s Choir

Youth Category:
Churchfield Singers
Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir
Highcliffe Junior Choir