Participants have begun to register to take part in the fourth annual Isle of Man Festival of Choirs, which will take place in October.
The festival attracts choirs from around the UK and Ireland.
New to this year’s festival will be a youth section for choirs aged 14 to 23 years. Other categories will include a ladies, male and mixed voice section. The first two from each class will receive prizes of £500 and £200 respectively. Each choir will be called on to perform four contrasting pieces of their own choice, one of which will be unaccompanied. Winners of each class go through to the final, with the overall winning choir scooping an additional prize of £1,500 and the ‘Choir of the Festival’ trophy.
The registration fee is £35 per choir and the form can be downloaded from the website www.festivalofchoirs.im. The closing date for entries is July 31.
The competition will be held in the the Villa Marina from October 16 to 18.