Bolton School girls stage drive in carol concert

Bolton School girls' division was determined to stage live, in front of an audience, its traditional Ceremony of Carols.

And using the school quadrant, the first drive-in performance was held.

The quad was transformed into concert hall for cars, with 75 pulling vehicles pulling in, with the stunning school buildings illuminated especially for the event.

A school spokesman said: "In a skilfully choreographed evening, socially distanced choirs sang in the school’s Great Hall, their voices amplified through the speaker system, the Year Nine choir sang through open windows looking out onto the audience below and an outdoor stage under a gazebo was utilised for solo performers and speakers."

He added: "Holding with tradition, the evening opened with the Chamber Choir’s atmospheric rendering of ‘Hodie’ as they processed down a corridor holding candle-lit lanterns and into the Great Hall where the Year Eight and Year 10 choirs led the singing of ‘Once in Royal David’s City’.

Much of the car-bound audience lent their voices to verses two to five , as did the Year Nine choir through and out of windows on the corridor above.

The evening raised funds for Urban Outreach’s Christmas Hamper Campaign.

Watch a video of the performance at www.boltonschool.org/i-am-looking-for/bolton-school-tv