St. Joseph’s Primary School

This entry will feature on our Lyric FM Choirs for Christmas programme on Tuesday (Dec 18th) which broadcasts between 1 and 1.30pm that afternoon. The programme will also be available afterwards on the RTÉ lyric fm Soundcloud page. 

RTE Lyric FM- Choirs for Christmas Competition 2018

Entry:
3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th class choir

Song: Candy Covered Ginger Bread House

Choir Biography

St. Joseph’s School Choir was formed in 1998 and has, in the current school year, approx. 100 students from classes 3rd to 6th with 3rd being the newcomers this September. The choir rehearses every Tuesday from 1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
St. Joseph’s School Choir performs for the school community regularly and at many local events to include the turning on of the Christmas Lights in Tipperary Town, Carol Singing downtown in aid of the St. Vincent de Paul and by invitation to other local events.
The School Choirs at St. Josephs have made many CDs over recent years to include 2 Christmas CDs and 2 Springtime CDs and indeed were featured on the Lyric FM Christmas CD in 2012 with the RTE Concert Orchestra.

This is the choir’s 8th time entering the ‘Lyric FM Choirs for Christmas Competition’ and we were thrilled and delighted to be runners up in our section in Dec. 2011, winners in 2014 and 2017.

Our most recent Claim to Fame was on November the 14th when we were invited to sing at the Launch of the St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal in Dublin in the company of Ryan Tubridy. We had a fantastic time.

Our choir teacher is Ms. Helen Colbert.
We hope you enjoy our song for this year; it’s called Candy Covered Gingerbread House, and you can hear us singing here.

Song Details:

Title: Candy Covered Gingerbread House

Lyrics: Andy Beck & Brian Fisher

Composer: Andy Beck

Accompaniment: Backing track

Choir Director: Helen Colbert