Twice a year Big Voice Choirs from Brunswick Heads and Murwillumbah join together to present an epic fundraising concert. So far, in the last year, they have supported Northern Rivers for Refugees and Murwillumbah Community Centre’s youth music program.
On Sunday at Mullumbimby Civic Hall, the choir will be presenting their epic mid-year concert. Choirs are a great way to raise money for organisations that are doing essential work in our communities, and this weekend the concert, called Throw Your Arms Around Me, will raise money for Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre.
Every day, the staff and volunteers at MDNC open their arms to everyone who walks through their doors, offering support, advice, a meal, and a listening ear. The money raised at this concert will support programs that, at present, receive no funding.
The concert features all 80 members of the combined choirs, as well as Material Girls Choir based in Bangalow, and Elliott Orr’s 20-strong drum ensemble, Zormiwasa.
Janet Swain has put together a beautiful and powerful program of Australian songs that explore identity, community and kindness. The concert will culminate in a huge community singalong of favourites ‘Throw Your Arms Around Me’ and ‘Solid Rock’.
Big Voice Choirs started eight years ago, and has steadily grown to be one of the biggest community choirs in the Northern Rivers. The next 20-week semester, which will focus on traditional and non-traditional gospel songs, starts in late July on Monday evenings at Brunswick Picture House in Brunswick Heads and Tuesday evenings at M-Arts in Murwillumbah.
Contact Janet for more information at [email protected]. Tickets $25/$15. Families $50. Throw Your Arms Around Me is on Sunday at 3pm at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall.
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