Celebration of Life – Special Guests announced!

by Claire Colman

We are thrilled to announce that alongside Uffculme School choir, we will also be joined by the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust choir for our Celebration of Life concert at Plymouth Guildhall on Friday 6th December (tickets available HERE). The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust choir is composed of a dynamic group of staff and volunteers from both Royal Cornwall (RCH) and West Cornwall (WCH) hospitals; representing the kaleidoscope of disciplines. The choir originally formed in December 2016 to sing Christmas carols at RCH and spread some Christmas cheer, and then this seedling group quickly expanded and established a permanent choir. Largely thanks to the ever enthusiastic and creative skills of the choir leader Sarah Chaplin (hospital chaplain) the choir started to regularly meet in the chapel to sing, then singing out and about the RCH site. Due to the resounding success of the choir at RCH the choir expanded...

Posted on November 15, 2019
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Devon Schools Choir Competition – WINNERS!

by Claire Colman

We had a truly inspiring morning at the final of the Devon School's Choir Competition on Thursday 3rd October. Secondary school choirs from all over Devon had submitted their entries and the judges had whittled that down to 5 schools who all came together to perform 2 songs for the assembled crowd and the judging panel. The final choirs this year were:Spires CollegeUffculme SchoolMount KellyExmouth Community CollegeBraunton Academy All five schools impressed the judges in their own way and made the task of selecting a winner incredibly hard! After much deliberation the winners were announced. For our "Celebration of Life" concert at Plymouth Guildhall on Friday 6th December raising funds for St Luke's Hospice, we are thrilled to be welcoming Uffculme School choir. And for our "CLIC for Christmas" concert at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 14th December raising funds for CLIC Sargent, we will be welcoming Exmouth Community College...

Posted on October 4, 2019
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