Building Renovation update June 2012

Music for a summer's evening

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A near capacity audience enjoyed a fantastic evening of praise and worship at the third annual Summer Concert of the Ayr Community Gospel Choir, entitled, ‘Then sings my soul’.

The concert was held last Sunday in the Ayr Town Hall and featured Queen Victoria Brass, (a brass band comprising players who once attended the Salvation Army’s Scottish Music School), the Ayr Community Gospel Choir and Ayr Citadel’s young people’s singing group.

Gordon Anderson’s Worship Band started the evening with a time of community singing, which was followed by a scintillating opening Festival Fanfare, Horizons, from QV Brass, featuring Chris Shanks on Euphonium. It was a breath-taking start to some fantastic playing from the young people in the band.

The Ayr Community Gospel Choir presented a variety of music - gospel favourites like Singing in the Heavenly Choir, praise like How great thou art and reflective pieces, like Somebody prayed for me.

But it was the young people who stole the show, with their performance of Sing Aloud – with young Luke Parkhill (4) singing in a dinner jacket, complete with tartan bow tie!

Major Catherine Wyles, (DHQ) brought a scripture reading and carefully crafted her message to link perfectly with the spectacular presentation by QV Brass of Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral. Her message was powerful and well received by the congregation.

A presentation was made to Captain Graeme Parkhill and Daniel Elliott, who had completed a marathon cycle from John O’Groats to Ayr to raise funds for the Corps Building Fund. When added to the fantastic collection at the concert, Captain Wendy Parkhill was able to present a cheque to Cadets Tim and Cheryl Stone (prospective new corps officers) totalling £7,003! An excellent total.

The evening concluded with an arrangement of favourite classic hymns, composed by one of Ayr’s own – Peter Graham, and brought to an end a magnificent evening of Summer Praise at Ayr Town Hall.
Graeme Parkhill