March 19, 2014
The South Burnett Pantry and drought relief will benefit from two performances of an Easter Cantata by the South Burnett Chorale on Palm Sunday.
The Chorale first performed John Peterson’s Easter cantata, “The Glory of Easter”, last year.
Conductor Margaret Shepherdson said audiences had requested a repeat from the choir this year.
“One audience member told me they were dragged kicking and screaming to our charity performance for flood relief last year but after the first song, was hooked by the sound of the group,” Mrs Shepherdson said.
“Many hours of rehearsal have resulted in a polished performance by the choir, which has recently had a swell in membership to more than 30.”
Music lovers will have two opportunities on Palm Sunday (April 13) to experience the South Burnett Chorale: at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Murgon and at St John’s Lutheran Church in Kingaroy.
The Murgon performance will be at 2:30pm and the Kingaroy performance at 6:00pm.
Peterson’s “Glory of Easter” will be presented with some added extracts from Stainer’s “Crucifixion”.
All proceeds from the Kingaroy performance will be donated to the South Burnett’s Food Pantry’s aid packages and in Murgon to Drought Relief.
“We chose the Food Pantry as beneficiary this year, because they do a great job feeding needy people in the community and they need all the help they can get,” Mrs Shepherson said.
She said she hoped the South Burnett Chorale’s Easter Cantata performances could become an annual event to aid local charities.
“Following the Biblical story from Passion to Resurrection in such a dramatic, moving and joyous song, these cantatas have the potential to become an annual signature event for this expanding choir and other musicians of the South Burnett, possibly even rivalling the Iona Passion Play one day,” Mrs Shepherdson said.
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