Dress Code for Concerts
Men
DJs, white shirts and black bow ties (in summer, depending on
weather, may dispense with jackets but please bring them anyway
just in case)
Dark shoes and socks
Ladies
Long black skirt or trousers (or short with black tights/stockings!)
Black top with long sleeves (in winter) or short sleeves/sleeveless
(in summer but no vest tops please)
Dark shoes/boots (preferably black)
Discreet jewellery and no coloured scarves/belts etc
Black cardigan/jacket or long sleeved top as well in case needed
Dress Code for Services
Men
Suit, light shirt and tie (preferably not too bright!) (in summer,
depending on weather, may dispense with jackets but please bring
them anyway just in case)
Ladies
Summery dress preferably not too strappy
Cardigan/jacket or long sleeved top as well in case needed
Possessions
Ideally we should ‘go on’ with only our music ie
no bags/water bottles etc. Whenever possible we will arrange
to have a safe place to leave stuff of a ‘minder’
or two to look after bags etc but it would be helpful if you
could leave valuables at home/in hotel safes as much as possible
and get into the habit of using/bringing a small plain black
bag to use if we can’t cater for valuables. If you really
must have water please try to put it in position before we process
on so that you don’t have to carry it with you and please
drink it discreetly – you don’t see professional
choristers swigging water between numbers!
Music
Ideally we should all have our music in order in a folder prior
to going on so that we don’t have to shuffle through bits
of paper during the performance. It would also be preferable
to have all music with you throughout the performance to avoid
having to retrieve pieces from the floor or from where you were
sitting.
Obviously there are some barriers to this
ideal. The programme is subject to change (even during the performance
as we experienced in Brussels!). Several pieces may be from
the same book. Carrying all the music may be heavy. However
a bit of forward planning and some photocopying could help a
lot and we are working on the folders.
Processing
The way we get on and off (and to and from our singing positions
if these are different from where we are sitting) can have a
big impact on our ‘professionalism’. Obviously we
can not have a standard solution as all venues are different
so we will look at each one as we get to it and decide what
is best.
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