Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, 21 June 2008

[Richard]

Hello everybody!

According to All Angels' Official Website, the girls will be taking part in the 'Horses in Harmony' fundraising concert at Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, London W12, on Saturday 21st June 2008.

Richard

[Richard]

Further details should be available soon: www.wormwoodscrubsponycentre.co.uk/events.htm

Richard

[Richard]

This is from Independent Catholic News...

LONDON - 27 May 2008

Gala Concert at Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre

In the most unlikely of settings, the most unlikely of concerts - forget everything you think you know about music, singing and horses ­and saddle up and listen up for the annual Horses in Harmony gala concert at the Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre.

Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre will be hosting classical supergroup All Angels together with operatic divas Janis Kelly and Malmfrid Sand, and up-and-coming composer Dominic Carter at their annual Horses in Harmony gala fundraising concert. Co-starring roles go to the horses, children and adult riders trained at the Pony Centre.

Performances will include Janis and Malmfrid singing and riding to numbers from the Merry Widow as well as popular classics from well known musicals. The family friendly concert is to be held on Saturday the 21st June 2008. It takes place at the Centre's indoor riding arena which was built through the BBC TV Challenge Anneka programme on Wormwood Scrubs, near Shepherds Bush in West London.

Run by the indomitable Sister Mary Joy Langdon, Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre works with disabled and disadvantaged London children, providing life changing experiences through horses. The concert raises funds that are crucial for the Centre being able to continue this work. Sister Mary Joy says: "We are absolutely thrilled to have such a fabulous selection of performers this year. This concert is vital to our fundraising efforts, and to have such a great line up is wonderful. We are really grateful for the support of Janis, Dominic, Malmfrid and of course All Angels."

Among the equine stars will be Joey, a 35 year-old piebald Shetland pony who has worked at the Pony Centre since it began 19 years ago; and Storry, a former racehorse who was rescued by the Pony Centre from Southall Market.

The riders will include young people and adults who have been taught to ride at the Pony Centre. Behind the scenes, in the stables, local young people and their instructors will have spent days grooming the ponies and horses for the show and preparing the costumes and equipment.

A regular favourite with English National Opera and presently singing with Grange Park Opera, Soprano Janis Kelly has been a mainstay of the concert for the past seven years, and says: "This extraordinary event helps Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre make a huge difference to the quality of life for children in London and everyone who has had any connection with it."

"My combined love of music and horses spurred me on with these fundraising concerts, with the impulse from Sister Mary Joy and help from colleagues and friends in the professional music world." This year, Janis's triplet daughters, who were taught to ride at Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, will perform in the concert for the first time.

With great appeal to lovers of both equestrianism and music, this unique event promises to be a hugely entertaining family afternoon.

Tickets @ £15 (half price children) and £25 (Premier) are available via sarah @spongemarketing.com or telephone [phone] . Refreshments and ample parking.

The Horses in Harmony Concert is on Saturday, 21st June at 3pm at Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, Scrubs Lane W12.

For more details and pictures see: www.wormwoodscrubsponycentre.co.uk

© Independent Catholic News 2008

Richard

[mbrady]

Hello to everyone. I am a rider at Wormwood. They are great there. There was a concert there and the All Angels girls sang. They were really good. There is a picture of them and in the picture are people that do this forum for Hayley Westenra. I don't know how to put the picture here but you should all go and see the picture at the All Angels web forum. You will really like to see it
from Michael

[roger]

Hi Michael and welcome to the forum.

I suspect the photo to which you refer might be this one:



Or perhaps this:


Three Angels (Charlotte, Daisy and Melanie) with Libby and... some other bloke that looks like me!
Thanks to Steve Abbott for pressing the button on my camera - twice!

Just to put you in the picture (so to speak!), I run both forums! It was a great event and I wish everyone at the Pony Centre all the best in their continued efforts to raise the necessary funds to keep it going.

Thanks for the reminder that I should have posted a link here. For a brief report of the event, please see the AAI Forum.

Roger

[Joe]

Welcome mbrady!

I'm pleased to learn that you are a rider at the pony centre. Congratulations on the good work that you do.

That is a wonderful photo, Roger. I thought for a moment it was from Ascot Week!

[mbrady]

Thank you Roger for putting the pictures here. The All angels are very good singers and I had fun on Saturday.
from Michael