Members Of The 2001
OK CHORALE
Bass: Hadleigh Adams - leader, Ben Kendrew, Sam Morrah
Baritone: Chris Darby, Tim Graham, Tom Walker
Tenor: Matt Gifford, Grayson Gilmour, Richard Old
Soprano: Nathan Hardy, Logan Sewell, David Shanhun
Many members of the OK Chorale don't only sing with one choir. Hadleigh, Chris, Tim, Richard and Matt all sing in the Manawatu Youth Choir, while many others sing in church and other choirs in the Manawatu.
Perhaps our biggest exports from the Chorale is our members of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir - Hadleigh and Richard. Auditions were held for this in January 2001, and these two were lucky enough to make it in.
The boys don't limit their talents to singing, either. Many members of the unit play (and yes, some do sing) in rock bands within our school and the wider surrounds.
Ben Kendrew, a bass of ours, sings lead vocals for our regional cokesmokefreerockquest winning band, Pie. Grayson Gilmour plays bass guitar for the rock band which came third in our regional rockquest finals, called Twink. Richard Old sings and writes music for our newest school rock band, the Red Dragons, who unfortunately didn't make the top 3 in the region for this year.
Hadleigh plays many, many instruments, Sam can play the nose flute & didgeridoo (don't ask!), Matt plays guitar and David enjoys busking in town.
This is just a taste of the varied personalities that make up the group. In order to find out more, biographies and photos of individual OK Chorale members can be expected on this site before long, so watch this space.