Sligo is making final preparations for the opening next week of its 12th annual international choral festival, which should attract upwards of 2,000 visitors. Choirs of international repute from Albania, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Norway will take part alongside Irish groups and soloists.
The festival begins next Wednesday with Sligo's own Niamh Crowley, who will be the soloist with the RTE Concert Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. The official festival opening in the Hawk's Well Theatre on Thursday will be followed by an international concert, and the competitions begin on Friday, October 29th.
Details and bookings at the Festival Office, Tel: 071-70733.
