Music 4 Mums: Harmonics Community Choir

Many thanks to Harmonics Community Choir and Tutbury Village for their support of Music4Mums. Here's a report from their musical evening. 

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Wow! Tutbury has its very own Gareth Malone. What a tremendous village event this was in support of APP's Music4Mums: a choir full of life and harmony and some amazing solo performances by young and not so young singers. 

You just had to be there to feel the joy and the coming together in support of APP.

Steve Mitchell, Tutbury's charismatic Choirmaster and his wife, Jenny, led not only the choir but also such rousing community singing that the rafters lifted off Tutbury's Old School Hall. 

Warm thanks go to Elaine Williams - the ever bubbly organiser of the event who, once she heard of APP's Music4Mums, seized the initiative and managed to gather together a team of willing bakers, tea servers, clearers, raffle prize givers and all manner of helpers to make it a truly memorable event.

To give a flavour, the local landlady, Kaz McLean of The Leopard, Tutbury socking "Goodness Gracious : Great Balls of Fire!" to the assembled; a nervous young George (Williamson) beautifully singing "Candle in the Wind" and an absolute star in the making called Eleanor Cawser giving the most poignant, unaccompanied rendition of an Etta James number, "All I could do was cry" and so much more talent besides.

The audience, including babe in arms, Olivia were delighted by the amazing voice of 15-year-old Lilly Prince (whose grandmas both recently joined Harmonics Community Choir) when she sang, “Part of that world” from The Little Mermaid.

More than one audience member, including some burly-looking chaps, were seen to wipe a tear from their eye when Caroline Potterton (whose grandma, Veronica is also a Harmonics soprano) sang, “On My Own” from Les Misérables and all the guest performers and audience joined in when the choir sang, “I Dreamed a Dream”.

Throughout the tea break Adrian Blamire (APP's Treasurers husband) serenaded us in such rich tones that it was clear he was being talent- scouted by the choir committee and would not be let out alive without signing - up !

At the end of the evening, APP volunteer, Heather Heron, spoke about the charity's work and thanked all for their kindness and support in affording her the opportunity to raise awareness of PP and funds for APP. 

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