Tīnūži's Crooked Choir marks its first birthday with a concert and ball

The Tīnūži Crooked Choir (Tīnūžu Šķībais koris) marked its first birthday on the evening of 4 November with a jubilee concert and ball at the Tīnūži community hall. The event came one year after the ensemble was founded, and it gave the group a chance to look back on what it has experienced together.

Choir conductor Mareks Auziņš recalled how the group came into being and reviewed the past year. He noted that at the very start he had promised this would not be a choir performing the classical repertoire, but one singing party songs. According to him, that promise has been kept.

The concert programme

The jubilee concert featured widely known melodies as well as performances by the choir's soloists. The programme included a song about sport, patriotic songs and even a rap. In the second half of the concert, the Cēsis big band performed alongside the choir.

The audience sang along, danced and applauded. During the evening a birthday cake, made in a crooked shape, was served, and words of thanks and greetings were delivered. After the concert, a ball followed.

Participants described the evening as confirmation that music brings people together and that the greatest joy comes when people do what they love, and do it wholeheartedly.