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For a number of years Hanley Voices have hosted an annual 'Come and Sing' in January organised by Lynette and Richard Duckett and attracting visiting singers from far and wide. 
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back in 2017 Alexander
L'Estrange and Joanna Forbes-L'Estrange based the workshop on the question 



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'You Can Sing ... but Can  You Swing?
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the day proved
hugely entertaining
​and instructive

Hanley Voices' resident 'Come and Sing' conductor is currently Anthony Harris, a stage-performer and inspirational teacher with a passion for choral music. Anthony has returned each year by popular demand. 

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​The 2019 'Come and Sing at Hanley Castle High School featured 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and songs from  'Phantom of the Opera'.

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in 2020 - Anthony 'Ding Dong' Harris rehearsed a compilation of songs from 'Mamma Mia' followed by Lennon and McCartney's 'Yesterday'.

As of tradition the day ended with a performance to an invited audience

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​2022 featured a
medley of songs
​from 'Oklahoma'
​(Rodgers and Hammerstein)

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in 2023 Anthony rehearsed the 'Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert' medley with its fabulous melodies from across the composer's work

Come and Sing 2024 - a day with the irrepressible 'Ding Dong'!
When Hanley Voices and their friends meet Anthony Harris a lively day is on the cards ! The weather
outside was frightful but in the Hall inside all was full of sunshine -  first  a vocal technique session
with plenty of ‘splats’ (where have we heard of those before!!}.

Then into the music -  the pulsating sounds of the 1960s' Californian beaches
then the reassuring presence of a friend when times are hard.
Finally 'Wellerman', a rough, tough New Zealand whalers’ song from the Southern ocean.
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A fabulous sell-out, with over 100 singers from as far afield as Staffordshire, raised £500 for
the Hanley Castle High School Hall Improvement Fund
. Well done Lynette and Richard Duckett
 
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