Singing out to help hospice

It was started 10 years ago by five former members of the world famous Luton Girls Choir and now boasts a complement of 40.

It is dedicated to raising money for Keech Hospice Care and in the past decade has donated more than £100,000 to the cause so close to their hearts.

They’re celebrating their 10th anniversary with a gala concert at Dunstable’s Grove Theatre on Sunday, June 9.

It will be compered by TV presenter and Hatters chairman Nick Owen and will feature a performance from single-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy, who took part in the closing Paralympic ceremony last year.

The choir entertains in churches, village halls, garden centres and at wedding receptions.

They’ve appeared with the celebrated Morriston Orpheus Choir, the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band and London Welsh.

Several members have personal experience of the dedicated care and devotion that Keech gives all its patients.

Brenda Wood’s father died at the hospice. She said: “He came to the end of his life with dignity, surrounded by his family and pain free. I cannot thank Keech enough for the care I witnessed in his last week.”

Diana Martin echoed Brenda’s sentiments: “It’s a very special place which made the end of Dad’s life the best it could possibly have been.”
”When I heard a choir was being formed to raise money for the hospice I knew I had to join.”

> Tickets for the gala concert cost £15 (concessions £10) and are available from www.grovetheatre.co.uk