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Our best photos from The Courier and Evening Telegraph Christmas Concert 2023

Hundreds of spectators watched the show by around 170 performers. See if you can spot someone you know in our pictures from the Gardyne Theatre.

All images by Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.

By Cheryl Peebles

December 11 2023, 4:58pm

December 11 2023, 4:58pm

The Courier and Evening Telegraph Christmas Concert 2023 was a seasonal spectacular – and here are our best photos from the event.

Around 170 children and young people dazzled at Dundee’s Gardyne Theatre.

Our audience was spellbound as school choirs and other musical groups performed heart-warming festive favourites.

It was the second year we have thrown a Christmas concert, with all proceeds going to the Evening Telegraph’s Pounds for Primaries initiative.

Hosted by Original 106 breakfast presenter Claire Kinnaird, it was directed by Laura Pike, who is behind a similar long-running event by our sister publications the Press and Journal and Evening Express in Aberdeen.

Don’t miss more coverage in our special 16-page supplements in The Courier and Evening Telegraph on Tuesday.

You can also watch videos of each of the groups:

Rosebank Primary School choir
Murroes Primary School choir
Braeview Academy duo Cole Conner and Ewan Ferrie
Big Noise Douglas camerata youth orchestra
Sing it Sign it: Tayside’s Makaton Choir
Clepington Primary School Makaton choir

Photos: The Courier and Evening Telegraph Christmas Concert 2023

All images by Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.

Tayside Makaton Choir on stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Tayside Makaton Choir entertaining the audience. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Big Noise Douglas, Camerata Youth Orchestra & Community Choir. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Murroes Primary School on stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Big Noise Douglas, Camerata Youth Orchestra & Community Choir singing. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

The audience had some participation in the show. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

People of all ages take part in Tayside Makaton Choir. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Ross Logan welcomes the audience to the event. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

The Finale where all groups took to the stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Rosebank Primary School hold candles. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Everyone on for the last song. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

A duo from Braeview Academy performing. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Rosebank Primary School looking festive. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Clepington Primary Makaton Choir. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Murroes Primary School performing on stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

The audience awaits the start of the Christmas concert. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Rosebank Primary School singing on stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Rosebank Primary School wear festive jumpers and headbands on stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Big Noise Douglas, Camerata Youth Orchestra & Community Choir performing at the Gardyne Theatre. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Clepington Makaton Choir looking festive with some Santa hats. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Big Noise Douglas, Camerata Youth Orchestra & Community Choir sing their hearts out on stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Clepington Primary school using Makaton. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Big Noise Douglas (Camerata Youth Orchestra & Community Choir) seen from the back of the theatre. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

All smiles for Rosebank Primary School on stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

A pupil sporting a Grinch festive jumper. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Some younger members of Tayside Makaton Choir. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Murroes Primary School. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Tayside Makaton Choir looking colourful. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Everyone came together for the Finale. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Some tinsel adding to the evening. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Everyone looking festive and colourful for the finale. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Rosebank Primary School sing out to the crowd. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Rosebank Primary School on stage at Gardyne Theatre in Dundee. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Rosebank Primary School performing. Image: Kim Cessford/DC ThomsonC

Some festive smiles. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Drummers in Big Noise Douglas. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

String player from Big Noise Douglas. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Big Noise Douglas on stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Smiles from the duo from Braeview Academy. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Santa hats, tinsel and reindeer accessories on display for Clepington Primary’s performance. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

The concert was generously sponsored by Polycrub.

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