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Bristol Post
National
Lewis Clarke

Bristol Good Afternoon Choir strikes a chord for charity with concert

The Bristol Good Afternoon Choir is presented a concert at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church.

The event takes place on Saturday July 1 at 7.30pm, doors open 7.00pm.

The choir is led by John Sandford with over 50 enthusiastic members are busy preparing their programme for the concert which will support Gympanzees, a charity chosen by the members of the choir.

The Good Afternoon Choirs were started by Bath-based Grenville Jones 13 years ago and there are now 23 across the South West of England with over 900 members ‘Singing in the Afternoon’.

There are no auditions to join and members of the Bristol Good Afternoon Choir come from in and around the area, they meet every Monday afternoon from 2pm-4pm at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome to come along and meet John and the members of the choir.

The special guests for the concert will Jiggidy, a multi-instrumental duo from Bath that found its roots in the folk songs and tunes of Ireland and the rest of the British Isles, also performing cover versions of popular songs from artists such as the Waterboys and Van Morrison.

Tickets priced £8 are on sale from gac.ticketlight.co.uk or by calling 0844 888 9991 – they will also be available on the door on the night of the concert (cash only).

John Sandford said: “It is going to be a great night of music and we are absolutely delighted to be sharing the stage with Jiggidy.”

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