News update 2015

Wednesday, 04 November 2015 09:45

We are excited to anounce the next Schools Christmas Charity Music Project that will run launch in Autumn 2016

It is called Everlasting Light and the web site is here: everlastinglight.org.uk

News update Dec 2013

December 2013

Following the amazing success of the 'Waiting for Christmas' project run across Suffolk and beyond during Autumn/Winter 2012, which raised �50,000 for Tearfund, we are excited that other parts of the country are running 'Waiting for Christmas' this year and in the coming years

For background, below are the key facts from the first 'Waiting for Christmas' project, run in Suffolk in 2012:

�50,000 raised for Tearfund
3000 children recorded and filmed singing for the CD & DVD
1800 children performed at the concerts
5000 people attended concerts
80 schools participated
10,000 primary children saw the project assemblies given to in schools across Suffolk
4000 CDs and DVDs sold
10 concerts performed with 18 piece live band, dancers, soloists, sketches & 200 strong children�s choir
16 places across Suffolk and in Malawi featured in location filming during summer and autumn 2012
150 �extras� and 34 children featured on location video filming across Suffolk
7 large-scale children�s recording and filming sessions held across Suffolk (plus other areas & Malawi)
120 Stewards helped at the recording sessions & concerts
200 teachers attended the recording sessions & concerts
20 studio musicians, 30 studio core vocalists, 9 adult & 11 child soloists performed on CD & DVD
15 dancers & 21 actors performed on the DVD and on stage at the concerts
40+ strong technical and support team involved in the recording & filming sessions and the concerts
10 new songs written specially for project
500 viewings of the final 3 concerts streamed live on the internet
CD & DVD also features children from Chimadzimadzi Primary, Jasi Village, Malawi, recorded and filmed on a Tearfund visit to Malawi by some of the project team
Each concert evening featured a live interview with Eagles (Tearfund partner) in Malawi

Welcome

�Waiting for Christmas� is the seventh in a series of Primary School Christmas Music Projects in aid of Tearfund. Over the last 18 years an experienced and enthusiastic team from Christians Churches in Suffolk have run a series of Schools Charity Christmas Music projects. These projects have involved a large number of children at Primary and Junior Schools across Suffolk singing on a CD and DVD and at concerts. As well as raising almost �100,000 for the charity Tearfund, there has been a fantastic reaction to the projects from those involved. Children, teachers and parents alike have enjoyed the projects and Ofsted inspectors have loved them!

�Waiting for Christmas� first took place in Autumn 2012 across mcuh of Suffolk and further afield. It provided a great opportunity for children in the schools involved to participate in a professional musical recording, filming and live concerts. The project is going to be run in other areas across trhe UK in subsequent years - watch this space for details

The key aims of the project are:
� To provide a creative focus of resources for schools leading up to Christmas
� To provide a unifying project for children at primary/junior schools in the area
� To raise awareness of issues of poverty and injustice
� To raise money for charity, particularly for third world children through Tearfund
� To help strengthen links between local Churches and Schools
� To help convey the message of Christmas in a fun way

A massive thank you to all who helped make the Waiting for Christmas premiere in 2012 such a success - we will be anouncing the amount raised in early 2013 so watch this space!
In the mean time, do look at the other pages, including the WFC live tab which links to videos of some of the concerts from December 2012