Tour generally takes the form of a number of performances in a few major venues in the region we have travelled to, and alternates every year between a British and International location. We tend to stay in local youth hostels, and owing to the fact that the tour is organised by our members rather than a body of well-financed elders, it tends to offer excellent value for money.

Tour is the perfect way to get to know the society, and indeed for the society’s members to get to know one another. During the day when we aren’t rehearsing we have plenty of time to have a mosey about and soak in some of the “daytime” culture. Museums, cafés, shopping, parks and extended games of frisbee all feature prominently. Following our concert, we enjoy an evening together sampling the delights of the local watering holes, and quite often end up dancing the night away in the local discotheque.

The fun starts well before we get on the bus too. “Pretour” as it has come to be known involves rehearsals and a social or two, usually in the form of karaoke or a ceilidh, allowing the louder folks in the society to succeed in making fools of themselves and also to let the quieter members put the rest of us to shame with their sing-along prowess.