It’s nearly time for the Big Big BIG Sing! We really hope you can join us at Glasgow Green Live Zone on Sunday 27th July. Here’s what we have in store for singing fun all day!
From 8am to 9pm, there’s a packed schedule of entertainment, pop-up choirs, ‘Come and Try’ sessions, performances and, of course, on the main stage at 3.30pm, the Big Big BIG Sing. And it’s all FREE.
At locations across the Green, there will be a Pied Piper enchanting the kids with songs and rhymes; a Musicals Marathon where you can join in to sing favourite hits from the musicals; ‘Come and Try’ sessions including Gaelic mouth music, Indian singing and beatboxing; a vintage tea dance for those who prefer a more sedate tempo; and Song Stages featuring performances by choirs from across the country. As well as the packed programme of events, a cast of performers – including Valkyries and a singing horse – will be entertaining the crowds across the site all day.
At 3.30pm, Big Big BIG Sing takes to the Glasgow Green main stage and really gets the party going: be part of one enormous choir performing popular classics and songs from Big Big Sing’s Big Big Commonwealth Songbook.
Big Big Sing’s exuberant team of choirleaders, led by Stephen Deazley and Eugene Skeef, will have everyone singing Commonwealth-style, with songs form Kenya, India, South Africa and Scotland and leading rousing renditions of classics including Pharell Williams’ Happy, Bill Withers’ Lean on Me and hits by Jackie Wilson and Bob Marley. They’ll be joined by the uplifting Soul Nation Choir, internationally renowned beatboxers Jason Singh and Bellatrix, and the brilliant Big Big Sing Band. Also performing will be the winners of Big Big Sing’s schools’ songwriting competition: Loch Primary School will sing Jump, Swim, Run and Shannon McLean, Evelyn Martin and Lucy Howie from Balfron High School will perform Life’s a Game. The afternoon will conclude with a unique mash-up of music from throughout the day, merging singing styles and traditions in a spectacular finale.
To complete the fun and bring the Big Big BIG Sing Day to a close, there will be a special sing-a-long screening of a mystery film – to be announced soon!! Dressing-up is optional but encouraged!
We’ll send out more information over the coming weeks to help you get the most out of Big Big BIG Sing Day – we hope you can join us. If you’ve any questions, please drop us an email at info@bigbigsing.org.
With best wishes
The Big Big Sing Team
Big Big BIG Sing is part of Festival 2014. Big Big Sing is funded by Glasgow 2014, Creative Scotland, Glasgow UNESCO City of Music and the Spirit of 2012 Trust (Spirit) (set up by an endowment by the Big Lottery Fund)
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Glasgow UNESCO City of Music is registered in Scotland No. SC353890 with its registered office at ℅ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY.
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