Meeting Times
We meet on Thursday nights from 7.30pm until 9.30pm during term-time. If there is a performance, it may be necessary to hold extra sessions outside these times to rehearse.

Venue
We rehearse upstairs in the Community Room, in The Customs House, South Shields.

Car Parking
The Customs House has its own well-lit car park.

How to Get There
Detailed information is available on The Customs House website (see our 'Links' page) or check in their 'Programme of Events'.

Fees
Choir fees are £30.00 or £20.00 concessions per term: terms can range from 10 to 13 weeks. Fees should be paid in full at the start of each term. All members are expected to complete a membership form at the beginning of each term to ensure that we have full and up to date records, which in turn allows us to send information to members when necessary.

Repertoire
The choir has a vast repertoire including, gospel, folk, world songs, show songs and contemporary. A pack containing copies of choir repertoire is available for paid-up new members. A Practice CD of some of the repertoire is also available for purchase.

Performances
The choir is often invited to perform and is keen that as many members as possible are involved. However, it is not a requirement of the choir membership and there is no pressure for choir members to perform. Nevertheless, we do expect to use our regular session time to rehearse performance material. For those members who are interested in performing it would be recommended that they attend all or as many rehearsals whenever possible although we recognise that everyone has their own commitments that will on occasions prevent them from attending performances.

Dress Code
For performances we wear the colours black and turquoise. Black clothing suggestions are trousers, skirts, shirts, tops or dresses, combined with a turquoise, shirt, blouse, top or accessories like ties, scarves or jewellery. For Christmas performances we wear Black and Red.

Membership
Anyone interested in finding out about the choir is welcome to come along for a free trial session. New members can join any time throughout the term. However, if members join during the first half of the term, the full fees will still be required. Anyone joining after half of the term has concluded, will still be required to pay half of the fees.

Constitution
View our Constitution. It is in Adobe PDF format. Click here to read the Constitution