Organized in October, the Creemore Community Youth Choir is now 24 members strong. Singers ages eight to 13 from Creemore, Dunedin, New Lowell and Glencairn meet every Tuesday evening at St. John’s United Church in Creemore.
“The idea came out of wanting to attract young people to the church,” said Corporal Glen Keefe, who is the choir conductor. In fact, he said the choir is not affiliated with any church and the singers come from mixed faith backgrounds.
Lynn and Carlee Gowan first approached Glen to be the conductor earlier this year. As the organist and Choir Director at St. John’s, it seemed like he would be a good fit.
“I wanted to bring a group of kids together who had never sung before, to teach them the basics of song and their parts in it,” said Glen.
The choir made its first performance at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Creemore Legion on Monday, November 11. It also performs for the congregation at St. John’s. On Saturday, December 14, the choir will be a special guest at “The Winter Rose” Christmas concert at St. John’s United Church at 7:30 pm.