On Friday 18 November the Eden Project welcomes primary and secondary school singers for an amazing singing Children in Need regional broadcast.
200 secondary students from Mullion, Penryn, Richard Lander, Poltair, Penrice and Doubletrees school have created a very special choir under the directorship of Angela Renshaw, the Programme Leader of Sing to Success. The choir will join thousands of others across the country for a massive choral performance of Avril Lavigne’s song ‘Keep Holding On’ live on the BBC Children in Need broadcast this evening, led by Gareth Malone from Television Centre in London.
Primary school children from Mousehole, Perran ar Worthal, Kennal Vale, Truro Prep, Germoe, Lanlivery, Pencoys and Trenance who are all part of the Sing to Success programme also got their voices out to raise money for Children in Need and performed a selection of songs at the Core led by Christine Judge from Music Cornwall, and were then interviewed live on the Children in Need lunchtime broadcast, and they didn’t leave without a cuddle from Pudsey who was dancing away to all the singing.
Helen Reynolds from Kernow Education Arts Partnership which manages Sing to Success said, “This is all about raising money for Children in Need, and it’s wonderful to do it through song. All the schools have worked really hard learning the new repertoire just for today, and you can see how much fun they are having. The sound they are creating is beautiful and has really knocked the socks off the audience and the BBC producers!”
Earlier in the day, a selection of the secondary students performed last minute for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Tourism Minister John Penrose who were at Eden as part of a UK tour promoting the Cultural Olympiad, and underlining the tourism, cultural and business opportunities of the 2012 Games. Mr Hunt said, “I’m really looking forward to taking the message about the benefits of the 2012 Olympics to all parts of the country. This is a Games for everyone, not just London, and it’s the perfect chance for communities everywhere to make the very most of it.”
Angela Renshaw commented that, “This is such a big day for these children and for the profile of Cornwall as a singing county. We are so proud to have been asked to support Children in Need in such a creative way, and also to have sung for the Culture Secretary – all in the same day! A big thanks go to all the primary and secondary schools involved, as well as the Eden team and the BBC- this is a day to remember!”
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