News WWI service


BEARSTED’SHoly Cross Church is holding a Contemporary Service of Remembrance to mark the cente- nary of the end ofWWI. This event to mark the armistice


will be held at Bearsted and Thurn- ham Memorial Hall from 7-8.15pm on Sunday,November 11. The service will include diary ac-


counts,WWI poems, prayers, video and photos, hymns andworship. CanonRev JohnCorbyn, the vicar


at Holy Cross, said: “Last year we focused on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, and this year we are marking the WWI an- niversary.”


Health date


THE future vision of Kent Commu- nity Health NHS Foundation Trust will be the focus of a publicmeeting inMaidstone. The trust’s AGM is at the Village


Hotel, Sandling, from 6.15-7.30pm on Thursday, September 27. To at- tend, complete the RSVP at www.kentcht.nhs.uk The trust has a budget of more


than £224m and employs about 5,000 staff.As one of the largest com- munity health providers in England its services are funded mainly by clinical commissioning groups.


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Choir preparing for gala concert tomark armistice


MAIDSTONE Choral Union is hosting a gala concert tomark 100 years sinceWorldWarOne ended. The union will perform The


ArmedManwithMaidstoneWind Symphony orchestra. Karl Jenkins’ powerful Mass for


Peace will be performed by more than 100 voices atMoteHall,Maid- stone Leisure Centre, from7.30pm on Saturday November 10. The concertwill also feature BBC


YoungMusician of the Year finalist Matilda Lloyd and singers from choirs and schools across Kent. The Maidstone choir is busy re-


hearsing after its latest concert suc- cess in Bayeux, home of the world-famous tapestry. Bayeux is close to where the D-Day landings took place in 1944,which began the end ofWorldWar II. An audience of more than 250


people applauded the choir’s per- formance in the 11th century Bayeux Cathedral. Martin Hindmarsh, the choir’s music director and conductor, sang


three psalms for voice and organ, accompanied by guest organist Nicholas Bland, who also played the Offertory for Easter Day, by French composer Boely. David Pickett, the president of


Maidstone Choral Union, said: “Our performance was very well received. It’s the third time the choir has sung in a French cathe- dral and we are gaining a reputa- tion which does credit to the


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looking forward to performing The Armed Man at the Concert of Re- membrance. It is a stirring piece and will be highly appropriate to commemorate the coming anniver- sary of the ending ofWWI.” The choir, founded in 1902 has


been making annual concert trips abroad in recent yearswith visits to Germany, Holland and France.


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