Scotland's LGBT choir Loud & Proud will perform a spring concert next month celebrating the passing of winter and the coming of spring.
'We're excited to be back at the Church Hill theatre after our first ever sell-out performance there in December 2007,' says Karen Dietz (right), the choir's Musical/Artistic Director. 'We have a great spring programme of old (and new) favourites to sing. We're also thrilled that our friends Harmonise [another well-known Edinburgh-based choir] can join us as our special guests.'
[img_assist|nid=2962|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=132|height=200]The choir will sing songs by the Proclaimers and the Turtles, Georgian and American gospel, and perform the world premiere of James Johnson's setting to music of A.E. Houseman 1936 poem 'Because I Liked You Better'.
Loud & Proud began locally in 2005 and has now grown to be an internationally acclaimed 60-strong lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender choir which has performed across Scotland and abroad. As well as celebrating music and affirming the diversity of their communities, the group undertakes outreach work in support of organisations such as Stonewall and Mansfield Place-based Waverley Care.
Their Spring Concert will take place at Morningside's Church Hill Theatre at 8pm on 12 May. Tickets (£7 and £9) from The Hub (Tel. 473 2000) or L&P website linked above.