Werca’s Folk: Coal and Choruses

Full description

Werca’s Folk, with their director, Sandra Kerr, are absolutely delighted to be presenting an evening of song celebrating the history of the coal industry in this region and beyond, with the emphasis on the experiences of the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters of miners.

There will be readings from the people who supported the miners, including during the strike of ’84/5.

Take the opportunity to join in on the choruses of some of our other repertoire, which expresses the loves, lives, hopes and hardship of women through our region’s traditional folk songs, and newly-penned pieces – many by the choir’s director.

Werca’s Folk is a choir of women devoted to singing, and to each other , while their director, Sandra Kerr will be familiar to many of you as the composer of and musician for the much-loved music of the Bagpuss films.

We do hope you can join us for an evening full of harmony, history and humour.