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HARP Christmas Carol Concert 2018

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Following our successful support of HARP in 2017, we once again decided to perform a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, on Saturday 22nd December, in aid of the charity HARP. This once again took place in St Mary’s Church, Prittlewell and we were thrilled that the Church was almost full. It was a fantastic festive evening and the audience certainly enjoyed the service.

We were pleased to welcome HARP’s Chief Executive Jackie Bliss, our Mayor Cllr Derek Jarvis, our local Member of Parliament Sir David Amess and the Bishop of Chelmsford, Bishop Stephen, who gave a challenging address. People were so generous in their support of HARP and we were able to raise well over £1,700 for this worthwhile local charity. Refreshments were served afterwards and we appreciated the help and support of all the volunteers from HARP.

RNLI Singing @ Leigh Station – 19th December 2018

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Several members of the choir serenaded commuters at Leigh Station with renderings of traditional carols, Christmas songs and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. Thanks to the generosity of the many commuters we raised £436.64 for the RNLI. The choir enjoyed it, the commuters enjoyed it and the RNLI were grateful recipients.

RNLI Singing @ Leigh Station – 19th December 2017

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On the following Tuesday evening several members of the choir braved the cold to serenade commuters at Leigh on Sea station with renderings of popular, traditional carols and the Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah. The commuters dug deep into their pockets and we raised £470.00 for the RNLI. The choir enjoyed it, the commuters enjoyed it and the RNLI were grateful recipients.

Christmas Singing 2017

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Prior to Christmas 2017, this lively, enthusiastic choir was busy singing.

Instead of our usual Christmas carol concert it was decided that we should have a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, on Saturday 16th December, in aid of the charity HARP. This took place in St Mary’s Church, Prittlewell, a church which boasts splendid acoustics for both singing and Bible narration. It was well received with many positive comments from both the audience and choir. People gave generously and we raised over £700.00. We were pleased to welcome  our local Members of Parliament and the Bishop of Chelmsford, Bishop Stephen, who gave a challenging address . Refreshments were served afterwards and we appreciated the help and support  of all the volunteers from HARP.

Christmas 2015 – Carol Singing at The Royals

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This November, the choir were invited to sing carols to shoppers in the busy Royals shopping centre in Southend whilst raising money for the Southend Hospital Keyhole Cancer Appeal. Passers by were treated to a mixture of carols, as part of the Choir’s festive season which included the BBC Essex recording of their Christmas Celebration along with annual performances at Leigh Station (collecting for the Southend RNLI) and Elizabeth House.

December 2014 – Christmas Fundraising

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Thank you to all those who took part in our fundraising carol singing at Leigh Station this year. We raised a total of £523 for the Southend RNLI!

We also visited Elizabeth House (Eastwood), Palmerston House (Westcliff-on-Sea) and Furzefield (Leigh) throughout December to sing carols to residents which they very much enjoyed.