The Phoenix Choir of Crawley was created by merging two Sussex choirs with a combined musical heritage of almost a century. Crawley Concordia Singers was formed in 1962, while The Weald Choir followed eight years later. After four decades of friendly rivalry, they have formed a chorus of more than 80 voices. Rehearsals begin on Thursday, September 8, in Holy Trinity School Hall, Gossops Green (7.45pm-9.45pm) and new members are welcome. Chairman Christine Tuson said: “We’re really looking forward to working with our enthusiastic new music director Sam Hayes.” The concert is at St Wilfrid’s School, Southgate, on December 3 (7.30pm). More info on 01293 515287. Don’t miss out on all the latest breaking news where you live. Here are four ways you can be sure you’ll be among the first to know what’s going on. 1 Make our website your homepage 2 Like our Facebook page 3 Follow us on Twitter 4 Register with us by clicking on ‘sign in’ (top right corner). You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here. And do share with your family and friends – so they don’t miss out! Be part of it.