They did it last year, providing a festive song to surprise Christmas shoppers in Waitrose. And they were then again today (Saturday) in the Marlborough store.
Fifteen members of Marlborough Community Choir, shopping baskets in hand, suddenly gathered between the fruit, cheese and cooked meat stalls and burst into a Ding, Dong song, something they call a flashmob demonstration.
It was partly to entertain the shoppers and partly to hand out leaflets to promote their Christmas, Etc evening at St Peter’s, Marlborough, on December 10 (£7.50 tickets from marlboroughcommunitychoir.org for the 7.30pm performance).
That’s when the choir, launched 18 months ago by American writer and photographer Vanessa LaFaye, will have the Pewsey Vale songstresses Mother’s Jam as special guest stars, raising funds for Home Start Kennet.
And the choir will be back at Waitrose for an hour-long concert of carols and festive songs at midday on December 17.
“The flashmob today was great fun, thanks to Richard Clare at Waitrose for helping to spring it on the staff as well as the customers,” Vanessa (pictured) told Marlborough News Online.
“The choir has been going for just over a year and the membership has grown to about 40 regulars. We’re now gearing up for our fundraising concert on December 10 at St Peter’s.”
“Then on 1December 12 we’re singing for the residents at Merlin Court and Marlborough Lodge, before ending our Christmas season back at Waitrose on the 17th.”
And she added: “We were thrilled to be invited by Waitrose manager, Andy Davies, who is making a really generous donation of £100 to the choir. We’ll be singing for an hour, and hope that it puts the shoppers in a festive mood!”
“Next year, we’re very pleased that Hamptons in Marlborough is going to help promote our big concert in aid of Comic Relief on February 25, Singing for Laughs.”
“We really appreciate all the support from the local businesses, especially during such difficult trading conditions.”
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