Want a great night of popular music and #culture?

Then you have got to come to see Chester le Street Civic Choir performing the 'Merrie England' Concert at The Parish Centre on Saturday, 9th April at 7.00pm. You need to contact Irene Cookson now to get your tickets at £8 per person.

Merrie England is an English comic opera in two acts by Edward German to a libretto by Basil Hood. The patriotic story concerns love and rivalries at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, when a love letter sent by Sir Walter Raleigh to one of Queen Elizabeth's ladies-inwaiting, Bessie Throckmorton, ends up in the hands of the Queen.

The piece played at the Savoy Theatre in London in 1902–1903. It has been revived many times, both professionally and by amateur operatic groups.

The choir will perform excerpts from the opera with a lot of other mixed and popular music.

Come along, don't be disappointed!