Tonbridge Lions Club is to produce a Rock Choir concert that will
include two of the Tonbridge based choirs who will perform a variety of
pop, gospel and Motown hits.
Created in 2005 by director
Caroline Redman Lusher, Rock Choir™ is the first choir to offer a very
different experience in contrast to the traditional classical or
community choir, pioneering a new approach to singing and entertainment
for the general public to experience.
The idea for a charity
concern came from four choir members whose husbands are members of
Tonbridge Lions Club. Finding a local venue that could accommodate a
choir of 120 was a challenge that was resolved by holding a choir
practice at the River Centre in Medway Wharf Road. The Centre fully met
the organising committee’s requirements and a date was set.
The
concert will be at 8pm on Saturday 16 June. Doors open at 7pm, and refreshments will be available from the bar before, and after the
concert as well as during the interval. Tickets are £8 for adults
and £5 for children. Proceeds will go to Demelza House Children’s
Hospice, chYps Children’s Hospice in the Home and other Lions Charities.
Chairman of the Concert committee, Lion Ken Thomas said,
“The
charities chosen support children and young people with disabilities,
giving help, advice and respite care, as well as bereavement counselling
and other services.”
Tickets are available from Ken Thomas, e-mail
kenmarjazz@uwclub.net or telephone 01732 352935.
