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A big mass sing to raise money for Wateraid, ‘Scotland sings for Water’ is tak­ing place in Edinburgh on Saturday 2^nd July. This involves singing 6 great songs in har­mony with about 299 oth­er folk  — it should be a great sound!

If you like singing and are inter­ested in tak­ing part, Penny Stone and Jane Lewis from Protest in Harmony will be teach­ing the songs at 3 ses­sions in Portobello Community Centre in May and June.

Tuesday 17^th May                 7.30 — 9.30pm
Wednesday 1^st June             7.30 — 9.30pm
Wednesday 22^nd June        7.30 — 9.30pm

We will need to ask for a small dona­tion from every­one to cov­er the cost of the room (it only costs £10 for the 2 hours so is very reasonable)

As you can see from the info below, every­one is wel­come to join in, and no, you don’t need to be able to read music! — or to live in Portobello.

If you want to take part you need to register and this costs £5 and includes a learn­ing pack and a CD with parts for all the songs (cheques pay­able to Band of Song).  You can do this by let­ting me know by email to <jane@gn.apc.org> by 24^th April and send­ing a cheque to me at 252 (1F2) Portobello High Street, EH15 2AT.  I can then obtain the packs from the organ­isers and hope­fully get them to you before 17^th May.  Please be sure to include your name, address and con­tact details.

See below for more info. The request is for every­one who is  tak­ing part to raise at least £40 for Wateraid. Download the spon­sor­ship form.
Thanks,
Jane

Scotland Sings for Water

Edinburgh

Saturday, 2 July 2011

Exciting event for singers!

What, Where and When?

Three hun­dred sing­ers in Scotland will gath­er in Parliament Square, in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh on 2^nd July to Sing for Water.

What is Sing for Water?

Sing for Water raises funds for WaterAid, an inter­na­tion­al non-gov­ern­ment­al organ­isa­tion whose mis­sion is to trans­form lives by improv­ing access to safe water, hygiene and san­it­a­tion in the world’s poorest communities.

Is my singing good enough?

If you can sing in the bath you can sing!  You don’t need to be able to read music. Everyone is wel­come to join in.

How do I participate?

The regis­tra­tion fee is £5 per sing­er.  When you register you will be sent a pack with a learn­ing CD and word sheets for the songs you will sing on 2^nd July (along with 299 others!).

Sponsorship

Singers tak­ing part will each receive a spon­sor­ship form, because of course its not just about singing! The aim of Scotland Sings for Water is to raise as much money as we can for WaterAid.  Each par­ti­cipant will be asked to raise around £40 in spon­sor­ship — more if you can.

You will also receive inform­a­tion about where to go on the day, how to get there, what to bring and everything else you need to know.

Why Wateraid?

Raising money for WaterAid is a great way to give some­thing back to coun­tries whose songs we sing but who have no sys­tem of col­lect­ing roy­al­ties.  WaterAid is a hugely effect­ive and effi­cient char­ity giv­ing a massive per­cent­age of the money raised back into pro­jects where com­munity involve­ment is val­ued and expec­ted.  The Sing for Water pro­ject was star­ted by com­poser Helen Chadwick in 2002.  Since then almost £500,000 has been raised by sing­ers all over Britain.

What happens on the big day, 2^nd July?

All sing­ers will gath­er from 10 a.m. to 12 noon for a rehears­al at Old St Paul’s Church, Market Street, Edinburgh, loc­ated across from the Market Street exit from Waverley Station.  After a lunch break we will gath­er in Parliament Square by St Giles Cathedral in the Royal Mile  to sing from 1 pm to about 3.30.

Great fun and good music in a good cause!

Want to know more about WaterAid?

www.wateraid.org.uk