In all, 25 songs were presented.
There were two of local composer Graham Parson's pieces: one titled Covid Chorus sung by Renaissance Singers, and a more serious composition, Our Home, from his suite Songs of Home, sung by the Palmerston North Choral Society.
The full suite was commissioned by the society to mark its centennial.
Covid-19 featured in the programme, with a light-hearted Coronavirus Medley by the Edgecombe and Whittaker families, sung by the Wellington Take Note Singers.
The day's festival concluded with a spirited rendering of the English traditional classic Scarborough Fair arranged by contemporary English composer Jeremy Rawson.
Rawson, a personal friend of SingFest co-ordinator Roy Tankersley, had sent a message of greeting to the choirs that expressed his pleasure that we were singing one of his arrangements.
He said he was pleased that we could sing in a festival involving such a large number of singers when all such gatherings in his country were totally out of the question due to the lockdowns.
Singers went away from the festival well-pleased with the activity, and looking forward to the next SingFest in two years' time.