Pupils invited to sing at Accrington Christmas light event

The ‘Collective School Choir’ will take place from 4.30pm to 4.55pm on Thursday, November 23, and will be led by Helen Davies, director of music at St Christopher’s C.E. High School.

Schools participating at the event, organised by Amazing Accrington, will perform three short Christmas songs on the night, taking centre stage in Accrington town centre and following on from a successful event in 2022 where more than 300 primary school children sang together.

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Each child performing will receive a free gift from Santa on the night as a thank you for their participation.

Murray Dawson, chair of Amazing Accrington, said: “We are thrilled to be hosting the collective school choir once again this year as part of our Christmas light switch-on event.

“Seeing all the children coming together and singing is a wonderful spectacle and I would urge all our local primary schools to register their interest as soon as possible so they can be involved in one of the biggest community events of 2023.”

Ms Davies added: “This is one of the events which I look forward to every year. It is an incredible honour to lead the collective school choir and I am excited to see all our local primary schools and school children taking part once again.”

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New for 2023, Amazing Accrington are also inviting local school children to take part in a Blessing of the Crib, which will take place outside Accrington Market Hall.

It will see members from local churches and other dignitaries get together and see the blessing of Baby Jesus’ crib on the nativity scene.

The activity will be shown on a live screen at the event and will be broadcast via Facebook Live.

The Christmas light switch-on will also include a music stage, live acts, interactive entertainment, a firework display, and fairground rides.