Flood Relief Concerts

Saturday 2nd October (London) & Saturday 20th November 2010 (Brighton)

In October and November 2010, The South London Choir were joined by The West London Choir, The Brighton City Singers, and children from local primary schools, in organising two charity concerts to raise funds and aid for the flood victims of Pakistan. Accompanying the choral pieces (sung by over 200 adult voices), there were electric performances from Pakistani musicians and dancers, delicious authentic Pakistani food along with cakes, pies and cupcakes to eat, with jams, jellies and chutney all made by the community to raise funds. There were guest speakers who enlightened the audience on the arts, culture and history of the country, as well as poetry readings from the school children that they wrote themselves. Check out both the choir and childrens' performances on YouTube The concerts raised over £5500, which was donated to Pakistan Human Development Fund UK and food and aid have been sent on their behalf to the affected areas. For further details, visit www.southlondonchoir.co.uk.

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Established in 2006, the South London Choir is a non-auditioning community choir with over 130 members, led by the multi-talented singer/songwriter and musical director, MJ Paranzino.

The local schools involved in the concerts were:

October 2nd, London:

Ravenstone Primary School- with The Ravenstone Singers, who are MJ's singing group made up of school pupils

November 20th, Brighton:

Somerhill Primary School -  Coldean Primary School - Down's Infant School