Hayley as Radio 2 Young Choristers Judge

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RADIO 2 YOUNG CHORISTERS
OF THE YEAR 2006
Recording: Saturday 28 October
On-air: Sunday 5 November, 2000-2100

On Saturday 28 October eight finalists (four boys and four girls) will compete for the coveted title of BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year. They have been successful in reaching the competition final from hundreds of entries, and will now perform in front a panel of celebrity judges at Westminster Abbey in London.

This year's judges include Hayley Westenra, David Grant of BBC One's Fame Academy, and Director General of the RSCM, Professor John Harper.

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Grantie · Joined: Feb 13, 2006 Posts: 340

I was lucky enough to be able to go to this event with two other Classicalx and Nick Garrett forum members. It was a great evening and we were lucky enough to meet with Hayley before and after the competition and she happily signed autographs and posed for photos with us.

The singing was of a very high standard and all competitors were amazing, especially considering their ages. I won't spoil it by telling you who won, but my friends and I did pick the same winners so were quite pleased at the outcome.

Also on the judging panel was Jonathon Ansell from G4 but we didn't get chance to talk to him or fellow judge David Grant. Hayley more than made up for it though and chatted to us for quite a while. I told her I had once written a review of her on here when she performed with the Skelmanthorpe Brass Band, she was impressed and said she would check it out.

We also got to speak to Steve Abbott (Hayley and Aled's Manager) and actually have to thank him for giving us the tickets as ours hadn't arrived in the post. We were waiting outside Westminster Abbey on the off chance we could get some more and he came up as we were speaking to members of Hayley's website and gave them to us....so thank you, Steve!

If you can, try and listen to the competition on Radio2, as it really was a wonderful programme. The acoustics in the Abbey were incredible and the setting gave it such a wonderful atmosphere.

Sarah x

xaria · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:55 am Post subject:

I agree Sarah. It was an amazing night. Definitely one I will need to repeat next year! x