{"id":8,"date":"2022-11-17T19:52:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T19:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:29:59","slug":"the-pocket-chorus-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pocket Choral Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>BILL BAILEY MEETS THE ARCHERS<\/strong>!&#8221; Derbyshire Venue Promoter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A comedy a cappella touring show combining beautiful close harmony singing and quirky songwriting, with much laughter and even improvised singing sessions, the Pocket Choral Society features four experienced singers blending into one. Singing unamplified the quartet bring their own songs and new arrangements of some from other songwriters such as Lennon and McCartney, Lou Reed, Flanders &amp; Swann and Tom Waits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have a showreel recorded live at Fairfield Village Hall, nr Bromsgrove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-354b9466e773e88e59811336af211775 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AlKo7MS5LVU\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AlKo7MS5LVU\">WATCH THE SHOWREEL HERE (go on, it&#8217;s sure to make you laugh!)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-df6da75de7140bb0d38b2186b702fae0 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Utterly quirky and hugely engaging &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. very clever and very silly&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e0778324a519f4e9dd413f76757e9781 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tom Lehrer crossed with The Bonzo Dog DooDah Band&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ddaa206b3087a3e5805d4f5bb558a748 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Bill Bailey Meets The Archers&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55046f9701296d17ba3e528992bd010c wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Two words &#8230;&#8230;. Fxxxxxx Brilliant&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With lots of touring experience around the highways and backwaters of Britain, The Pocket Choral Society bring their songs of the minutiae of daily life, pastries, love and the poor state of home care for the elderly in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pockets are preparing a new show called &#8216;Please Drive Carefully&#8217; with new marketing, songs and themes for September 2026 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can supply promoters with all the posters and double sided flyers they need already overprinted for their show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leaflets-and-posters-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leaflets-and-posters-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leaflets-and-posters-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leaflets-and-posters-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leaflets-and-posters-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leaflets-and-posters-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>For our specially designed show for Rural Touring Schemes and village hall performances<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/pocketchoralsociety.co.uk\/?page_id=45\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;BILL BAILEY MEETS THE ARCHERS!&#8221; Derbyshire Venue Promoter A comedy a cappella touring show combining beautiful close harmony singing and quirky songwriting, with much laughter and even improvised singing sessions, the Pocket Choral Society features four experienced singers blending into one. 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