{"id":980,"date":"2015-02-11T21:50:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T20:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=980"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:07:19","slug":"message-from-our-chairman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=980","title":{"rendered":"Chairman&#8217;s Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"181\" class=\"wp-image-2974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ralph-fro-webpage.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>CHAIRMAN\u2019S WELCOME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 2024<\/p>\n<p>Welcome! If you\u2019re just visiting, I hope you find this website of interest. If you\u2019re considering joining us, we\u2019d be delighted to meet you and you\u2019ll find the necessary contact details here on the website.<\/p>\n<p>We are a friendly, non-auditioning choir welcoming singers of all ages, abilities (physical or vocal) and experience, so come along for a taster session and meet us.<\/p>\n<p>Our Musical Director, Geoff Lavery, has boundless energy and enthusiasm and makes every rehearsal a pleasure to attend. We work hard, but we also have a lot of fun and (most weeks!) we come away with a real sense of achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The choir is administered by a committee of dedicated members who manage the organisation of every performance with great skill and energy and, as Chairman, I am eternally grateful for their commitment and support.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to seeing you at our future concerts and thank you for your ongoing support.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=883\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0for Future Concerts<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy our website.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Holmes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman<br \/><\/strong><strong>Beccles Choral Society<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAIRMAN\u2019S WELCOME October 2024 Welcome! If you\u2019re just visiting, I hope you find this website of interest. If you\u2019re considering joining us, we\u2019d be delighted to meet you and you\u2019ll find the necessary contact details here on the website. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=980\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-980","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2975,"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/980\/revisions\/2975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}