Bedford singers join 'super choir' to surprise Londoners with Children in Need flash mobs
Choir members from Bedford gave Londoners the surprise of their lives with a flash mob on Saturday (November 7).
They joined a 350-strong ‘super choir’ to delight crowds in London’s Covent Garden Piazza as well as the iconic landmark Battersea Power Station to kick off fundraising in aid of BBC Children in Need.
Led by The Collaboration Choir – a nationwide adult pop choir founded in 2022 – the Generations in Harmony pop-up singers had been practising for weeks across the country to deliver the set.
And last year, they managed to raised over £8,000 for BBC Children in Need throughout November and December.
Carrie Rawlings, founder of The Collaboration Choir, said: “I’m so proud of every single one of our members and their young people who all sang their socks off on Saturday. Let's see if we can beat last year’s fundraising total.”
The flash mob performances kick off a longer-term outreach programme with The Collaboration Choir’s choir directors out visiting secondary schools.
Throughout November, they will be running choir workshops for young people (aged 11-18) where no auditions are required. The singing workshops will culminate in a series of multi-generational Christmas concerts in December across Bedford, Milton Keynes and St Neots.