It may have been cold and wet outside but Lillian Boutte and the Gospel Choir brought a lovely, warm glow into the theatre last night. The New Orleans Ambassador for Music, and celebrated gospel singer had spent the day, supported by her oustanding jazz quartet, leading a workshop for our Gospel Choir. The choir, directed by Beth Potter and Christen Van den Berghe, performed with them last night to a delighted audience. They demonstrated the improvisation skills they had been working on, creating a free and relaxed sound and also proved themselves to be an impressive, disciplined gospel ensemble. The mix of gospel and jazz was very uplifting and everyone enjoyed being asked to sing with them Louis Armstrong’s “It’s a Wonderful World” as an finale.

Thank you to everyone for the organisation, Dr. P, Jenny, Tammy, Aaron B, Aaron M and the FOH and Tech Teams – an of course the choir.