St Mary's Church in Whanganui was the perfect venue for the Lyric Singers' Look at the World Christmas concert last Saturday.
Described as a "geometric joy" by one visitor last year, the church provided wonderful acoustics for the combined voices as well as piano and euphonium.
The Lyric Singers, conducted by Joanna Love, kicked of their first set with The Song Has Just Begun by Joseph M Martin and concluded their second set with Chuck Berry's Surfin' USA.
Given that the concert was a fund raiser for Wanganui Surf Lifeguard Service, the last song was a very suitable choice.
A number of the singers no doubt spent their teenage summers on the beach when the song was a huge hit, and it was easy to tell they were enjoying themselves.