We are a long established amateur operatic society which performs a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta each year in the Spring at Hornby Institute, Hornby, Lancaster where we also meet and rehearse. We rehearse on Friday nights from mid-September and the occasional Saturday morning nearer to the show dates. We always welcome new members who are interested in acting, set building, prompting, props and front of house. Find out more about membership. Our last production "Pirates of Penzance" was a sell-out. This was the first time we had performed with an orchestra which proved very successful and popular with our audiences.
A party for current and past members to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Hornby Occasionals will be held on Saturday, 16th June 2012 in the Hornby Village Institute starting in the late afternoon or early evening. Details are still to be arranged but food and entertainment will be organised! Please put the date in your diary.
A number of our members (and friends) donned victorian costumes and sang carols during December in various places.
On Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th of December they sang in the Judges Lodgings Museum in Lancaster, on Saturday 10th of December they sang at Gawthorpe Hall Museum in Burnley.