IN September 2021 St Machar’s Ranfurly Church in Bridge of Weir (re)started a Junior Choir. We advertised in the village and received some interest. The first rehearsal saw three children attend. By the October holidays we had nine loyal attenders in the P3–P7 age bracket attending, and since January 2022 that number has grown to 14 children, who all attend on a regular basis.
We cover a wide repertoire covering several genres mixing sacred and secular. Our first term saw us sing songs which tied in with Harvest, the COP26 conference which had been held in Glasgow [15 miles from Bridge of Weir], Hallowe’en and Christmas. Our spring term saw our focus switch towards Easter and the summer term was preparation for Music Sunday. We have sung songs from Harry Potter and Mary Poppins; rapped about Christmas; and sung children’s hymns including Lord of the Dance and Have you heard the raindrops?. Lord of the Dance was a particular favourite and some of the choir sang it to their class in school.