Military Wives to sing out

Bovington

Military Wives

Choir will be visiting Weymouth on Friday, April 28 and joining with Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Choir to present an evening of wonderful music with some favourite songs from the Military Wives Choirs’ repertoire including Stronger Together, a Vera Lynn Medley and Only You

The phenomena of choirs for Military Wives, started in 2010 in Catterick where a choir for the wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving in Afghanistan, was assembled to support wives and families at a very stressful time. Inspired by the friendship and camaraderie in Catterick Garrison, Gareth Malone worked with women from Chivenor and Plymouth military bases to make music and film the two-part BBC documentary series. The choirs raised £500,000 for charity. By 2013 there were 46 choirs across the UK. Military Wives Choirs is now a registered charity which supports 72 choirs and over 2,000 women. Choirs can be found as far afield as America, Gibraltar and Cyprus. The concert is in Holy Trinity Church at 7pm. Tickets £10 from holytrinityweymouth.org