Sounds of Summer 2025

Our Summer concert is fast approaching. Do come and join us on Sunday 6th July at 7.30pm for an evening of music and entertainment with refreshments included.

Monies raised will be supporting Torbay Young Adult Carers and tickets are available from Marldon Cards and News, Choir members, or Secretary Val. Please see details on poster below.

Collection of items for Ukraine

Thank you to the people of Marldon and beyond for supporting our collection for Ukraine this morning. For 2 hours people arrived with blankets, bandages, walking frames, wheelchairs and even 2 generators! Adam and his van had to make 2 trips to take it all, and it will all be going to Ukraine along with a message (in Ukrainian) from us as follows:

I want to give you a message from your friends in the UK. We think of you every day.

We admire your bravery, the way you fight for your country and your freedom. We are outraged beyond words at the devastation Russia has brought to your doorstep. We are many kilometres away, but we are close to you and cry for you. Please feel the hand of friendship around you.

Thank you brave people. God bless you.

Musical Director vacancy

Our Musical Director, Kathy Snow, who has been with us since the choir’s inception has decided that it is time to hang up her baton, and we are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and experienced person to take her place.

We meet on Monday evenings, 19.00 – 21.00hrs at Marldon Village Hall.

The position includes selecting repertoire and rehearsing the choir to performance standard for 2 concerts a year in July and December.

For further details, including Job Description please contact our secretary Val, or Chair Yvonne via this website or email marldoncommunitychoir@gmail.com

UKRAINE

HELP UKRAINE

In conjunction with the Ipplepen and Surrounding Area U3A association, Marldon Community Choir is opening a collection point for humanitarian aid for Ukraine in the Community Room at Marldon village hall on Saturday 5th April. The collection point will be open between 10am – 12pm and below is a list of items they are desperate for. 

  • Pickups and minibuses and ambulances are needed to transport the wounded from the front to the hospitals of Dnipro.
  • 5 ml. syringes, 10 ml. 20 ml.,
  • suture material to sew up wounds,
  • catheters and IV systems,
  • dressings, bandages, compresses,
  • crutches, wheelchairs and other aids for the disabled (can be collected)
  • wet wipes,
  • good quality T-shirts,
  • tourniquets to stop bleeding,
  • sleeping pads, sleeping bags
  • generators.

We appreciate that you probably have not got a spare minibus, or even suture materials for sewing up a wound, but you might have a pair of crutches that the hospital do not want returned, or even the odd pack of wet wipes. They will be extremely grateful for any assistance you are able to give. We would stress however, NO MEDICATION please.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you on the 5th April.

Christmas Concert

What a brilliant Christmas concert we had this year. We filled Marldon Parish Church with the Sounds of Christmas in a collection of Carols, Christmas songs and Christmas stories.

Many thanks to our audience for your participation in the singing and in the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas” We had a lot of positive comments from you all, and we all agreed it was the best yet!

The Sounds of Christmas 2024

It’s that time of year again! We are getting rehearsed and ready for our Christmas concert, only 4 weeks to go and tickets will be available from next week. Do get yours early as last year was a sell-out!

We will be singing some favourite Christmas carols as well as new Christmas songs, and of course our audience participation song to finish (regulars will know what this is, but a surprise for you if this is your first time!)