Carrigaline Gospel Choir

After a great relaxing summer break members of the Carrigaline Gospel Choir are recharged and ready to go back to practice. You can hear the Gospel Choir sing twice a month at the Saturday evening 8pm mass in Carrigaline in the Curch of Our Lady & St. John, where they add to the liturgy on the first and third weekends of the month. You can find them on Facebook or check out their website on www.CarrigalineGospelChoir.com

Can you sing? Can you play an instrument? Would you like to be a part of an energetic and uplifting church choir? Well the Carrigaline Gospel Choir has a few vacancies for all parts and open to both men and women. If you’re up for an audition, please email info@CarrigalineGospelChoir.com to arrange a time.

The Carrigaline Gospel Choir have been very busy since they started back in September 2010. Their weekly practices are action packed as they prepare their material for the various occasions that they perform at.

On the first and third Saturday’s of the month at the 8pm vigil mass, in Carrigaline, you can hear the Gospel Choir sing at their regular bi monthly mass. Children preparing for confirmation in 2011 have also had the pleasure of hearing the choir sing at their preparation masses.
They recently joined forces with the Frankfield Gospel Choir to sing at mass in Carrigaline at the beginning of November. A number of extra practises for both Frankfield and Carrigaline choirs were required as they learned some of each other’s material.
Last Sunday’s regular mass goers at St. Patrick’s Church, Rochestown Road, heard Fr. Michael Keohane tell them ” we are blessed to have such wonderful singing in the seemingly gloomy times we are in,” as many of the Carrigaline Gospel Choir sang at 12.30pm mass for them.
December is a looking to be a busy month ahead – practicing Christmas songs, preparing new material and maybe a few extra performances. You can hear the Carrigaline Gospel Choir at Our Lady and St John’s Church, Carrigaline on Saturday next December 4th at 8pm mass.

The Carrigaline Gospel Choir has been busy over the last number of months with weekly practices for mass performances in Carrigaline and recently in Crosshaven. It has been privilege for the choir to be a part of the confirmation preparations. They sang with and for those being confirmed at the Saturday 8pm mass once a month since October last year. The members of the choir wish to extend their best wishes to all those being confirmed in the parish.
Last weekend the choir were very well received in St. Brigid’s Church, Crosshaven, at their Saturday evening mass celebrated by Archbishop Coveney. They were delighted to have been invited and look forward to singing there again. Meanwhile back in the Church of Our Lady and St John, Carrigaline, the Carrigaline Gospel Choir will be singing on Easter Sunday for 12.30 pm mass.
New members are welcome, especially Tenors and Basses, to audition please contact Karen on 087-659 8721. Become a fan of the choir on Facebook or check out their website – www.carrigalinegospelchoir.com.

Over the Christmas season Carrigaline Gospel Choir were very busy indeed. On top of the weekly practice and twice monthly mass they were involved in a number of other events, beginning with entertaining at a COPE Christmas party in Glasheen. This was followed by a concert in Crosshaven church and the carol service in Carrigaline church, in which they participated with other choirs.
The choir wish to extend their gratitude to the management and staff of the Carrigaline shopping centre and to all who donated over €800 for St. Vincent de Paul and the HOPE foundation when the choir sang there before Christmas. The final performance of 2009 was at Christmas Eve mass in Carrigaline to a very appreciative congregation.
To begin 2010 the Carrigaline Gospel Choir will be singing this Saturday, 16th January, at 8pm mass, and the 1st and 3rd Sat of each month until May. For further information see their web site www.carrigalinegospelchoir.com or their Facebook fan page.