Christmas carol singing started early for us this year, on the first day of December. A group of intrepid singers from Birmingham Festival Choral Society braved the
traffic jams and Christmas shopping crowds  to make our way to Grand Central and join in the big fund-raising event for Youth Music.

100 choirs were singing  in 8 rail stations up and down the country this weekend to raise money for the Youth Music charity, which invests in music making projects to help young people develop personally, socially and musically.  For further information, have a look at their website:  https://www.youthmusic.org.uk

We set up our keyboard and banners right under the departure boards, and off we went, singing a range of carols to the passing crowds. There was a loud hubbub in the station and regular tannoy announcements, so we soon realised that the pianissimo passages would have to be upgraded to forte!  A circle of supporters and passers by soon built up, and a number of people were singing along with us in the well known carols. 

The 30 minutes sped by , and soon another choir was lining up to take our place. The organisers thanked us for our contribution, and soon everyone had disappeared into the crowds again, with those Christmas melodies going round in their heads.

Many thanks to Bill Brown and Jane Arstall for these lovely photos of the event.