It was one of my favourite Christmas events of last year and tomorrow I’ll be queuing outside St Anne’s Church on Dawson St for free tickets to the Glória annual Christmas Concert, on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 December. Glória, founded in October 1995, is Ireland’s lesbian and gay choir, established “to provide a safe and comfortable space for gays and lesbians to meet and sing together and to promote a positive image of gay and lesbian life in Ireland.” An ad placed in Gay Community News invited singers interested in forming a choir. About 25 people came along on that first night – some of whom still sing with the choir – and today the choir has a singing membership of 44. The choir’s repertoire is wide ranging from musicals to madrigals and classical to camp. The songs are chosen sometimes to surprise, sometimes to challenge, but always to … There’s more →