They are hard at work in their bid for national acclaim.
Youngsters at Lindley Junior School are fine-tuning their voices ready for another tilt at a top title.
The school choir will be in the Midlands this weekend to compete yet again for the BBC Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year.
The school has a remarkable record in the competition, which attracts the finest choirs from across the UK. It will be their fourth time in the semi-finals and they have won it once in the past.
And they will not be short of support as they line up against other top choirs in Nottingham’s Albert Hall; an army of 130 supporters will make sure Lindley are backed all the way.
Alison North is again in charge of the choir, which has a stunning track record over the past few years.
She said: “It’s wonderful; that we are into the semi-finals again, considering there were something like 120 schools entering the competition.
“The auditions are all done blind so the judges have no idea which choir is which until they select those to get through.
“We sent our audition tapes off last November and had to prepare two songs for the judges.
“The judges then select six choirs for the semi-finals and that’s the stage we are at now.
“Immediately after the semi-finals the judges will select the three choirs that are through to the final and that will be recorded on Saturday ready for broadcast on TV at Easter”.
The Lindley choir are pinning their hopes on their version of the Vicar of Dibley hymn, The Lord is My Shepherd, as well as the Tim Dudley-Smith hymn, Tell Out, my Soul.
But there is still a headache for choirmaster Alison - she has to whittle down the 55-strong choir to just 40 for the semi-finals and, hopefully, finals.
“I have been here before but many of the children haven’t. Obviously as a school, choir we see children move on and new ones come in but we are all working really hard and we will be heading to Nottingham very well prepared”.
