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People Whitby's The Windmill Girls to start rehearsals for Christmas season performances By Duncan Atkins Published 17th Oct 2024, 15:37 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now It is almost time for the Windmill Girls to start their Christmas rehearsals. The Girls were formed in 2007 by Sue Rowland and have met every year since, except during Covid, to sing beautiful carols, often unaccompanied, around the Whitby area.
Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Apart from standard carol repertoire, the Girls also have a collection of village carols from Yorkshire and Derbyshire , and this year will be performing a carol from Barnsley written in 1933. Sign up to our daily The Scarborough News Today newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to The Scarborough News, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues.
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. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. The women-only choir performs in village halls, care homes, pubs, restaurants, a barn (for the annual Nativity play at Hawsker), garden centres and The Windmill Girls.
churches. A spokeswoman said: “We have such fun singing together all over the area, but our other objective is to raise money for Cancer Research UK . Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad “Since we started, we have raised more than £20,000 for CRUK to support their amazing work.
” The first rehearsal will be on Monday November 4 at Hawsker Methodist Church, 7pm, and new members are always welcome. Email [email protected] to book the Windmill Girls. Continue Reading Related topics: Whitby Cancer Research UK Barnsley Yorkshire Derbyshire Email.
