After a long covid hiatus, The Frantastics Choir resumed rehearsals on Monday 7th February at the Walter Baker Hall, cnr. Blackwall\/Victoria Roads Woy Woy, with most members returning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The choir, which has been entertaining for over 10 years on the coast and beyond, features two part harmony choral works of popular music from the 50\u2019s to the present day. Medleys from musicals feature in the hour long programme together with well known Abba, The Beatles, Jersey Boys and other melodic performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Choral items are alternated with solos\/duets\/trios\/skits so that an entertaining variety is assured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Performances are often booked by the same venue 3 times a year, with audiences particularly enjoy the choir\u2019s empathy with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Directed by Fran Kendall, a coast veteran with a vast thespian\/musical experience, the choir members enjoy the friendly ambience as well as the joy that singing together brings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lindy Nankivell, a pianist extraordinaire who is a popular essential to many groups, is the choir accompanist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are no auditions \u2013 \u2018everyone can sing.\u2019 New members are always welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The choir already has many bookings for 2022 but more are invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As well as performing at venues on request, the choir performs for the public at a Family\/Friends performance in August at the Ettalong Baptist church, Ettalong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For enquiries regarding bookings or membership, visit www.frantastics.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 02 4343 1995<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a long covid hiatus, The Frantastics Choir resumed rehearsals on Monday 7th February at the Walter Baker Hall, cnr. Blackwall\/Victoria Roads Woy Woy, with most members returning. The choir,…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,71],"tags":[],"series":[115],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","category-seniors-on-the-coast","series-coffee-with-a-coastie"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/the-fantastics-choir.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/feed\/podcast\/coffee-with-a-coastie","embedCode":"The Frantastics Choir<\/a><\/blockquote>