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Thirty children from Sydenham Primary school will also star in the online broadcast.

Friends David Clargo and Maddy Kerr have teamed up with Leamington Town Council and Heartbreak Productions to create an event for people across the district and around the world.

It takes place on Sunday (December 20) at 6pm.

The Leamington Sings! concert choir are putting their final touches to their virtual programme of music and words the Christmas Carol Concert.

As well as music, festive readings and plenty of sing-along carols, the concert will première the Leamington Sings! Virtual Choir’s rendition of ‘It’s the Most Wonderful

Time of the Year!’

Choir members have been rehearsing on Zoom for weeks and their special song will be played.

Co-organiser and concert host David Clargo said: "It’s been a tough year so we thought let’s get together for some Christmas sparkle where people can join in and come

Leamington Sings! conductor Andy Guthrie.

together from the safety of their own homes."

Alongside raising spirits, the concert will raise money for Helping Hands to support the most vulnerable at this time of the year.

Chief executive Lianne Kirkman says: ‘We are so grateful to Leamington Sings!

"The concert will be a very special event and it is truly appreciated that it will be in support of Helping Hands.

Thirty children from Sydenham Primary school will star in the online broadcast.

"All the work we do is powered by the great community around us in Leamington, Warwick and Kenilworth and this concert is a perfect example of that.

"It will help us to help our clients at a time of year which can be particularly difficult for them."

The Leamington Sings! Concert will be broadcast live on YouTube on Sunday, December 20 at 6pm.

Full details at www.leamingtonsings.co.uk

Leamington concert choir to host virtual Christmas event to raise money for Helping Hands charity