A CONTEMPORARY rock choir is inviting couples to attend free taster sessions and be in with the chance of winning tickets to its tenth anniversary show.

Rock Choir is the UK’s largest contemporary choir, with more than 17,000 members in more than 300 local communities, including Ilkley and Horsforth.

There are no auditions and no requirements to read music or have any previous singing experience. Members get together each week to attend fun, friendly rehearsals where they are taught specially-arranged pop and rock songs.

There are lots of performances throughout the year and many of them help raise money for charity.

The Ilkley choir meets each Wednesday at Ilkley Grammar School from 8pm to 9.30pm and in Horsforth on Tuesday evenings at Woodside Methodist Church Hall.

Choir leader Charlotte Jones, who runs the weekly sessions in IIkley and Horsforth, said: “We sing great songs that everyone can identify with.

“Forget the fact that it’ll make you smile when you really nail it (it really will!), but the couples I see in Rock Choir have a sense of shared achievement that has nothing to do with their everyday lives!”

Everyone who attends a taster session and tweets a picture @RockChoir will be entered into a competition to win two VIP tickets to the Rock Choir 10th Anniversary show on June 6 and 7 at the Genting Arena at the NEC, including overnight accommodation and a goody bag.

For a free taster session or for more information about times go to rockchoir.com or call 01252 714 276.