Popular summer concert silenced by Covid-19 returns to Ribble Valley church for first time in three years
and live on Freeview channel 276
The annual summer concert has been a feature in the Downham calendar for over 10 years and next month the music will return to St Leonard's parish church featuring the Lancaster Singers.
Church warden Philippa McFall said: "Worship here was unbroken for nearly 1,000 years until covid forced closure followed by a period of limited congregational singing, even then with shortened hymns, until very recently.
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Hide Ad"We were extremely pleased to have full-length hymns and singing by over a hundred people recently at the Baptism of Alexander Luca Jeffries”.This year the concert is on Saturday, June 11th at 7-30pm. The programme, entitled “Darkness and Light” includes a range of items from classic to modern, from Bach to Rogers and Hart.
There is a link on the church website to buy tickets or ring Barbara Lewis on 01200 440925.