All the King ’ s Men Raise Over £ 6000 for St John ’ s Hospice !
The K Shoes Male Voice Choir .
On 6th November K Shoes
Male Voice Choir hosted an anniversary concert to celebrate St John ’ s Hospice ’ s 30th Anniversary . An audience of over five hundred attended the event in the Westmorland Hall , Kendal . St John ’ s Hospice serves patients across North Lancashire and the South Lakes with a range of life limiting conditions , both at the hospice and in the home .
Acclaimed worldwide for their virtuosity , The King ’ s Singers treated the regional audience to a repertoire of the very best in vocal ensembles – fully justifying the description , “ A class act with a delightful British wit ”. After the interval , K Shoes Male Voice Choir and the Manband of Queen Katherine School , Kendal , delighted the audience with respective solos and joint items featuring all the singers . The highlight of the evening was the encore , which featured the three choirs performing ‘ We Rise Again ’ ( Dubinsky , arranged by Stephen Smith ). This piece , specially chosen for the occasion by the Musical Director of K Shoes Male Voice Choir , Ian Allan , provided a wonderful and moving blend of sound exemplifying the continuity of song across the generations .
All proceeds from ticket and programme sales , including a very generous exit collection , realised in excess of £ 6,000 for St John ’ s Hospice which now needs over £ 4 million annually
The King ' s Singers .
For further information on St John ’ s Hospice E-mail : jill . santamera @ sjhospice . org . uk
to sustain its services . K Shoes Male Voice Choir Chairman , Doug Armitage , commented , “ We all know of friends or relatives who have used the services provided by the Hospice and how much their quality care means to all patients and families . We are delighted that our passion for singing , doing what we love and enjoy , has enabled us to make a difference to our local hospice .”
Asthma Christmas Fair
The Private View of the
34th Asthma Christmas Fair at the Hurlingham Club took place on 22nd November and , as usual , was the start of our Christmas shopping . Over the past 34 years over £ 1 million has been raised for Asthma UK helping to fund research and to support a Helpline staffed by specialist nurses . Sadly every day three families will lose someone to asthma .
The Fair is always well supported with lots of unique stalls , a raffle , a generous Tombola , complimentary wine and soft drinks and a party atmosphere . The main Sponsor , Frank Knight , are incredibly generous and on top of sponsoring the Fair provide shopping bags , balloons and raffle prizes .
Making our way around the Stalls and seeking out our favourites is always fun . Simply
Always well attended with a great variety of unique stalls .
Salmon & Fine Foods are always worth a look , as well as , to try the tasters of their ham and pickles , and The Christmas Cake stall is very popular . A new stall this year for dogs , Onyourbed , make sumptuous dog beds and blankets which can also be used on sofas and in cars !!
We spent a long time at the Fine Cell Work Stall . They train men
The Fine Cell Work stall – training men and women in prison .
and women in prison to do high quality creative needlework within their cells working independently . The aim is for prisoners to finish their sentences with work skills , money earned & saved and the self-belief to stop offending . They currently work in over 30 British prisons . Beautiful cushions , aprons and bags were for sale . This certainly is a great Fair which has gone from strength to strength since its launch by a small committee in 1982 .
LYNNE WARNER
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