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News / In brief for 6 January 2011

Yell ferry changes

DUE to a funeral in Yell on Saturday, Shetland Islands Council’s ferry service haS amended the Yell Sound time table.

Details can be found here: http://www.shetland.gov.uk/ferries/news.asp

 

Choir seeks voices

Shetland Choral Society starts it weekly rehearsals for their spring concert on Monday 10 January, at 7.15pm in room 5 at Lerwick’s Islesburgh House.

The choir’s vice president Marghie West said anybody interested in joining the choral society is welcome to attend Monday’s rehearsal.

“No audition is needed and all voice parts are welcome, especially in the tenor, baritone and bass ranges,” she said.

The spring concert will include works by Bach, Verdi, and Tchaikovsky, as well as the world premiere of a Requiem written by Philip Taylor, the current director of the choral society.

 

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