Music at The King’s Centre in Burgess Hill will be fit for royalty as more than a hundred of the best and brightest singers from all over Sussex come together for a worthy cause on Saturday 19 September.
Raising money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA), the ‘Night of 100 Voices’ concert will feature a plethora of performers commemorating a remarkable man. Rick Peckham, stepfather of television and radio presenter Zoe Ball, sadly lost his fight to Motor Neurone Disease in 2012.
The event also celebrates a Burgess Hill businesswoman’s unstinting fundraising for worthy causes over the past 45 years. Semi-professional soprano Susan Fleet, who runs her own PR and entertainment company, has arranged several charity concerts every year since 1970 – even as a teenager she used her church hall to stage musical evenings in support of local charities. She has gone on to form choral groups and arrange performances at many prestigious venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cologne Cathedral and The Brighton Dome. Her 40th anniversary concert, compéred by BBC newsreader Nicholas Owen at the Chequer Mead in East Grinstead, saw 60 of her musical friends raise funds for the Bluebell Railway.
Determined to go bigger and better, Susan has selected The King’s Centre in her home town to celebrate this latest milestone as the venue holds 550 people.
Featuring a mixture of popular and classical music, the concert will see more than one hundred voices joining together in harmony, recapturing the warmth of summer as autumn sets in. The programme will include a medley of songs from Les Miserables and Oliver and other popular show tunes. International opera artists Andrew Rees and Joanna Appleby will perform solo items alongside swing singer Duncan Allen and sisters Laura and Emily Loutit who will perform a hit song from the musical Once.
Well known conductor and musician Richard Haslam is musical director and Tim Nail accompanist. A surprise celebrity compére will also feature, ensuring a first class evening.
With hopes of raising £10,000 for Motor Neurone Disease Association and tickets in high demand, audience members are encouraged to book tickets now to avoid disappointment.
Tickets are £15 and can be purchased online at: https://ti.to/lg/Night-of-100-voices
