Choir hits a high note on the television.Singers in a small chapel choir will have their moment of glory tomorrow night when they star on Songs of Praise. Members of the Bethesda Community Choir from Dinas Powys Dinas Powys is a large village, a community and a refortified hill fort in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. It is on the outskirts of Cardiff, about 5 km from the city centre on the A4055 road from Cardiff to Barry. took part in a special recording for unsung heroes on the show. All 62 adults in the choir travelled to London for the filming and the Songs of Praise editors have been watching DVDs of the chapel's junior choir. They are now looking forward to all meeting up tomorrow to watch themselves on a big screen in the chapel hall. Choir founder Mark Thompson This article is about the Director-General of the BBC. For other individuals with the same name, see Mark Thompson (disambiguation) Mark Thompson (born July 31 1957) is Director-General of the BBC, a post he has held since 2004, and a former chief executive of Channel 4. said: 'It has all been very exciting. We travelled down to London on a double decker bus and when we got to the studio they all looked after us. It has all been very exciting.' The choir was nominated for the show by Mark's mother Sylvia for the way that they bring the community together and raises money for them. Mark said: 'As a choir we have raised more than pounds 10,000 since 1997.' After watching the show on Sunday, all members of the choir will be back together on Monday night to prepare for future performances. They will be taking part in the Dinas Powys Music Festival in June. Songs of Praise will be screened on BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. 1 at 5.20pm tomorrow. |
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