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Sat 14/6
Area: Edinburgh
Place: Inside and outside Parliament building
Time: 13:15
Five adult groups led by Wendy Carle Taylor and Edinburgh Gaelic Choir

Sun 15/6
Area: South Queensferry
Place: RNLI Station
Time: 07:45
Ferry Blend Choir

Area: Livingstone
Place: Civic Centre, Howden South Road
Time: 6pm
Allison Barr leading The Liv’n Harmony Singers and Star Harmonies

Tues 17/6
Area: East Lothian
Place: Various
Time: Various
Clark Community Choir will be singing at several locations throughout the day and will be joined by the Honest Singers at 8am

Thurs 19/6
Area: Dumfries and Galloway
Place: Langholm Town Hall
Time: 8.15am

Place: Gretna Primary school, Annan Road
Time: 9 am
Penrith Community Choir with Gretna Primary School

Place: Eastriggs
Time: 10.04 – 10.30am
Eastriggs Primary School Choir will be performing ‘Here’s to all our Commonwealth’

Place: English Street, Council Offices
Time: 11.20am
Feral Choir, Cairn Chorus and Penrith Community Choir will all be performing

Place: Castle Douglas, Markethill Carpark
Time 1.15pm – 1.25pm
Feral Choir, various primary schools, Penrith Community Choir
and Auchencairn Choir will all be performing

Place: Castle Douglas, Lochside park
Time: 2.20pm
Feral Choir, Castle Douglas Primary School, Penrith Community Choir and Auchencairn Choir

Place: Kirkcudbright, Harbour Square
Time: 3.20pm Stewartry wind band and Feral choir

Place: Stranraer, Castle Square.
Time: 5.20pm Feral choir, Stranraer U3A choir and 50 school children

Place: Stranraer, Agnew Park
Time: 7.10pm Feral choir and U3A choir with Robyn Stapleton

Sat 21/6
Area: Stewarton
Place: Lainshaw Primary School
Time: 2pm
Annabel Sinclair leading Mamas & Papas

Area: Kilmarnock
Place: Topshop, King Street
Time: 6.30pm
A Choired Taste and East Ayrshire Youth Theatre, both lead by Michelle Laats

Sun 22/6
Place: East Kilbride Arts Centre
Time: 2.45pm
Mount Cameron Primary School Choir

Mon 23/6
Area: North Lanarkshire
Place: Coatbridge, Summerlee Museum
Time: 5.00pm-5.20pm
Summerlee Singers, led by Graham Pointer

Area: Cumbernauld
Place: North Carbrain Road
Time: 09:30am
Condorrat School Choir

Tues 24/6
Area: Falkirk
Place: Falkirk Wheel
Time: 10.30am
Sing Forth

Place: The Helix
Time: 7.30pm
300 singers made up from 5 different choirs – NYCOS, Sing Forth, Falkirk Chorale, Lakeside Primary, East Meets West, Sweet Harmony Barbershop

Weds 25/6
Area: Alloa
Place: Greenfield Park, Parkway
Time: 11.15am
Alloa 500 Voices + Sunnyside Primary, Alloa Community and others led by Anna Forbes

Thurs 26/6
Area: Fife
Place: Silversands car park
Time: 10:30am
‘Sing it’ ladies singing group, led by Tony Pearce

Place: Shell Café on the West Sands, St Andrew’s
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Lundin Links Community Choir, led by Colin Douglas

Fri 27/6
Area: Dundee
Place: Dundee City Centre Square
Time: 7.30pm

Choir Loadsaweemin singing, Wickfields, Lochee community choir, Whighton singers, Lydian singers, Kirkton rock and gospel choir, U3A Folksingers and Signed Songs R Us Allsorts performing choir and members of the public all coming togoeth to make Dundee People’s Choir

Sat 28/6
Area: Angus
Place: Playing Field adjacent to Montrose Sports Centre
Time: 4.00pm
Montrose Academy Choir, led by Jacqui Peal

Sun 29/6
Area: Aberdeenshire
Place: Peterhead Stadium
Time: 6.00pm

Massed choir from all over Aberdeenshire organised by Frieda Morrison, Peterhead Choir, Aurora, Peterhead Musical Society, Longside Choir, St Andrew Primary School from Fraserborough

Mon 30/6
Area: Aberdeen City
Place: Northfield – Provost Fraser Drive (just before Northfield Academy)
Time: 10.00am-10.40am
Quarryhill Primary School led by Alec Miller

Place: Union Terrace Gardens
Time: 6.30pm- 8.00pm
The Great Northern Lights Chorus (incorporating Aberdeen Chorus, Granite City Chorus, The Silver City Chorus, City of Roses Chorus, Albamix, Albacappella, ScAT & Banchory Singers)

Tues 1/7

Area: Shetland

Place: Sandwick junior school
Time: 9.10am

Place:Lerwick Sound School
Time: 10. 15am

Place: Scalloway: Fraser park
Time: 11.26am

Place: Brae school
Time: 14.30pm

Place: Lerwick Clickimin Athletics Track
Time: 18.45pm – 19.15pm

Weds 2/7
Area: Aberdeenshire
Place: Huntley
Time: 1.30pm
Aurora Choir led by Jill Andrews

Thurs 3/7
Area: Buckie
Place: Buckie Harbour
Time: 8.45am
Buckie & District Community Choir

Area: Fochabers
Place: Milnes Primary School
Time: 11.00am
Joyful Noise

Area: Elgin
Place: Cooper Park
Time: 8.15pm
Forres Big Choir

Fri 4/7
Area: Highland, Aviemore
Place: Main Road, Aviemore, by MacDonalds Resort
Time: Morning
Carr-Bridge Singers, led by Helen Banks. Feis Band with school children singing

Area: Aberlour
Place: Aberlour Square
Time: 8.00am
Aberlour Church Choir and friends

Area: Perth
Place: Outside Perth Concert Hall
Time: 6.00pm
Horsecross Voices, Leven Voices, Carse Voices and Just Singin’

Sat 5/7
Area: Muthill
Place: Coronation Park then through the village to Millennium Gardens
Time: 9.45am – 10.30am
Muthill Community Choir and Primary School

Sun 6/7
Area: Stirling – Killearn
Place: Outside Village Hall, Killearn
Time: 11:50am
Strathendrick Singers

Area: Stirling – Kippen
Place: Kippen Parish Church forecourt, Fore Rd, Kippen
Time: 1.45pm and 2.15pm
Kippen Children’s Commonwealth Choir, led by Morna O’May

Area: Stirling
Place: The Peak
Time: 7.15pm
The Liltin’ Lads and Lassies and The Bracklinn Singers, led by Amy Lord

Tues 8/7
Area: Stornoway
Place: Perceval Square
Time: 6.30pm
Coisir Sgir’ a’ Bhac singing in Gaelic

Weds 9/7
Area: Highland
Place: Lairg Ferrycroft Centre
Time: 11:30am
North West Communities Choir led by Nicole Nairn

Thurs 10/7
Area: Orkney
Place: Kirkwall evening event
Time: TBC

Sun 13/7
Area: Argyll and Bute – Oban
Place: Corran Hall area
Time: 10:00am – 10:30am
Oban Community Singers, led by Janet Fergusson

Area: Argyll and Bute
Place: Atlantis Leisure
Time: 11:20am-11:30am
Massed Choir

Area: Argyll and Bute – Lochgilphead
Place: Lochgilphead Joint Campus
Time: 12:45pm
Mid Argyll Youth chorus (Ardrishaig), Bar None Community Choir (Lochgilphead), Mid Argyll Musical Society (Ardrishaig), U3A (Campbeltown), Fynesiders Barber Shop (Tarbert). Approx 80 singers

Area: Argyll and Bute – Inveraray
Place – Inveraray Castle
Time: 3:00pm
Inveraray Primary School will perform with 15 members of Tartan Harmony

Area: Argyll and Bute
Place: Strachur
The Col-Glen Chorus will be performing in Strachur

Tues 15/7
Area: North Ayrshire
Place: Largs pier
Time: 11.00am

Place: Largs seafront
Time: 11.30am

Place: Ardrossan South Beach
Time: 5.00pm

Weds 16/7
Area: East Renfrewshire
Place: Neilston and Barrhead
Time: Various ( please see below)
Neilston Community Choir. 08:05am Neilston Leisure Centre Car Park. 12:30pm, Neilston Main Street shops. 1:00pm, The Bank, Main St, Neilston. 5-7:30pm, Cowan Park Barrhead.

Thurs 17/7
Area: Renfrewshire
Place: Paisley, Lagoon Leisure Centre
Time: 6:30pm
Rock Us and possibly members of Glennifer Singers will perform on the steps as the Baton enters

Fri 18/7
Area: Clydebank
Place: Central Plaza (hotel entrance) at the Beardmore Hotel and Conference Centre
Between 11.00am and 12.00pm
Golden Jubilee Choir (30 – made up of staff from the Golden Jubilee National Hospital and the Beardmore Hotel and Conference Centre, NHS24, the Clydebank Male Voice Choir, Clydebank Musical Society, Cydebank District Chior, Merchant Voices and the Phoenix Choir.)

Area: Dumbarton
Place: By the Castle Gates
Time: 1.00pm-1.30pm
The Vocalites (quartet) and possibly Tartan Harmony

Area: Balloch
Place: Robin House Children’s Hospice
Time: between 5.15pm and 5.45pm
The Robin House Big Big Sing (15- made up of staff, volunteers and families and lead by the Hospice Music Therapist, Janet McLachlan)

Area: Clydebank
Place: Three Queens Square
Time: TBC
West of Scotland Military Wives Choir

Sat 19/7
Place: Bishopbriggs, The Leisuredrome
Time 6.30pm
East Dunbartonshire Children’s Chorus with members of the Kirkintilloch Male Voice Choir, The Kirkintilloch Ladies Choir and the Westerton Male Voice Choir

Sun 20/7
Area: Glasgow
Place: The Bridge, Easterhouse
Time: TBC
East End Voices led by Maxz Milne will be performing

Mon 21/7
Area: Glasgow
Place: Mansfield Square, Partick
Time: 12:20pm
City Voice Choir led by Rhona Franklin will be performing

Tues 22/7
Area: Glasgow
Place: Citizens Theatre
Time: TBC
Givin’ it Laldie Choirs will be performing

Area: Glasgow
Place: Cardonald Library, Cardonald
Time:  TBC
Glasgow South Community Choir will be performing

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