Last modified: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:15 PM EDT A photo taken at a performance at Boston City Hall in November 1983 shows the Oure Pleasure Singers in their Medieval-style outfits. (Submitted) Oure Pleasure pleased to be marking 25th BY REBECCA KEISTER STAFF WRITER ATTLEBORO - Something for fun. That's how it started out, a small group of relatively out of place singers searching for a vocal outlet and finding each other. They decided to join forces, named themselves after a song lyric and set out not really seeking anything in particular. Something for fun. "But it didn't stay just fun," said Michael Touloumtzis. "Not that it wasn't fun. People wanted to get things going." Twenty-five years later, the Oure Pleasure Chamber Singers, an Attleboro-based group that has performed all around the Boston and Providence areas, are going stronger than ever. This Sunday, they will perform their 25th anniversary concert at at Second Congregational Church in Attleboro. "Absolutely, we're excited," Charlie Oliver, who has performed with the group for 20 years, said of the anniversary show. "It's fun to go back and kind of relive some of the particularly special performances we've done over the years and represent those times and events. And there have been a lot. Since Oure Pleasure first formed in 1983, the group has grown from less than 10 to as many as 22 performers, and has blossomed from a something-for-fun hobby to a community-focused presence in the Attleboro arts scene. The 25th anniversary concert promises to delight longtime fans. "It will include a fair amount of music that people may remember from the past; those who have been coming for years," Oliver said. "There will be our signature pieces, and also a smattering of things that have been written by members of the group, which is fun and showcases the direction we've gone in the last three or four years." Oliver said there will a "good deal" of more modern work - included several selections written by the group's director, Tim Harbold. "We've become very eclectic," Oliver said. "It started out as doing Renaissance and now includes some very contemporary music that really springs from within the group." How the group went from a madrigal choir to what they say is an always evolving project seems like it would take longer than 25 years. In anticipation of the concert, The Sun Chronicle spoke with Touloumtzis, who joined Oure Pleasure in its second year, about the group's history. Sun Chronicle: How did the group originate? Touloumtzis: It sort of grew out of the Attleboro High School a capella program. Back in the '60s and '70s, the choir was very, very good. There were a lot of people going through it, then going off into the world after graduation. Then there was almost nowhere to sing. Some of the folks who were alumni of that choir joined together. SC: Why did they choose a small group? Touloumtzis: It was like no one wanted to join a large, regional thing. They wanted something smaller, more intimate and local. And they didn't necessarily want to join a church choir. SC: What was the idea behind the group? Touloumtzis: They decided the rules were that it would be only for fun. No one would get paid. Everybody would be a volunteer. The director would be elected by the group, instead of the director picking the group. SC: How many members are in the group? Touloumtzis: We have 16 to 18. We've got people in and out, people go on leave. We've had as many as 22, and I think we've had 76 people in the group over the years. Some have come and gone, moved on in some way. Some have stayed for years and years. SC: How do you limit the group size? Touloumtzis: We try to keep it balanced. If we add a voice in the tenor section, we have to add one in the bass. We're always looking for people to audition. If we find the right people, sometimes we take them and worry about it later. Our members are 22 years old to 60 years old. There's quite a range. SC: How has the musical taste evolved? Touloumtzis: We used to pretend to be madrigal singers. We dressed up in tights, with funny hats and had some recorder playing and our idea, at least, of medieval dancing. We've done some madrigals still, but haven't gone back to tights yet. We've done very modern compositions. We've done jazz, we're doing some comic stuff. We do classical music. It's really all over the map. We can pretty much go anywhere. We don't stick with one thing throughout a concert. SC: Is there anything particularly exciting planned for the anniversary concert? Touloumtzis: There was, in 1996, a poetry contest for a song. We got hundreds of entries, and about a dozen or so were set to music and had a concert at the Attleboro Museum. It was very moving, but one thing that made it especially fun was that tons of poems came from a second grade class. We're going to be doing three of those pieces. And we found two of the kids from that contest. They've graduated college at this point. SC: And, in general, what can fans expect from the concert? Touloumtzis: We weren't sure what to do, but we settled pretty quickly on the idea of a retrospective, a survey of the music we've done over the years. Besides that, the music is about singing and the joy of making music. We wanted to include things that have been written, and we're looking back on the group over the last 25 years and looking at singing as an enjoyable thing. If you go ... WHAT: The Oure Pleasure Singers 25th anniversary concert. WHEN: Sunday, 4 p.m. WHERE: Second Congregational Church, Park Street, in Attleboro. DETAILS: Under the direction of Tim Harbold, the group will draw from the “old days” when members wore Medieval-style costumes and sang madrigals, as well as from its current period of less flamboyant garb and more eclectic musical tastes. Former members will join in for some of the music, and there will be a return of the “feasting table” post-concert refreshments for the audience.  COST: $10 donation suggested.