Chorus members need little excuse to sing when they are together and have shared Random Acts of Music with unsuspecting members of the public around shops, restaurants and local landmarks. The Chorus has taken Random Acts to visit T-Rex in the Fossil Museum, to the top of the All Saints’ Bell Tower, amongst the fabric rolls in Spotlight, the streets of Milthorpe, and the Ball & Chain Grill at Salamanca, Hobart - just to name a few!
The Chorus has performed at many local events including Australia Day and Citizenship ceremonies, the Bathurst Winter Festival, Bathurst Farmers Markets and the Spring Garden Spectacular. The Chorus have provided entertainment for functions for a range of organisations such as Bathurst Regional Council, Inner Wheel, Masonic Lodges, the Royal Australasian College of GPs, and the Order of Australia. The Chorus is also proud to be part of local initiatives like Paint it Pink Bathurst.
The Chorus has performed at the Trundle ABBA Festival and Wellington Quota Art Show. The Chorus has also presented concerts in diverse venues such as Jenolan Caves Cathedral Cave, Sydney Town Hall, Mudgee wineries and Aged Care facilities in Bathurst, Orange & Blayney.
The Chorus are also well known for their delicious cooking. For over a decade, the Chorus hosted an annual Luncheon and Craft Display and in recent years have held High Teas where we show off our cooking skills as well as our singing. In addition, knitting and crocheting efforts of our chorus members and supporters have seen more than 100 blankets distributed to local charities since 2014.
In 1997 the Chorus performed the National Anthem for the Bathurst 1000 to a worldwide TV audience. The Chorus also made an impromptu appearance on the “Sunrise” breakfast show in 2006 when the weather segment was filmed in Bathurst.
In 2006 and again in 2014, the Chorus was crowned Australian Sweet Adelines Small Chorus champions, and qualified as one of only five finalists for the international Harmony Classic competition. Bathurst Panorama Chorus is the only Australian chorus to compete in Harmony Classic twice, placing 4th in 2007 in San Antonio, Texas and 5th in 2015 in Las Vegas. The Chorus has also been Australian Mid Size Champions twice in 2010 and 2013. In 2011, the Chorus reached the benchmark score of 600 points in competition, earning our previous Musical Director, Tracey Cam, the status of Master Director in the Sweet Adelines organisation. At our most recent Sweet Adelines Australia competition in 2019, the Chorus was the 2nd place Small Chorus.
