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A regular fixture in the Christmas calendar, the concert was a celebration of traditional and modern Christmas carols and other seasonal songs.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the bucket collection went to the Chairman\u2019s chosen charities which this year is Torbay Hospital League of Friends and The Rotary Club of Torquay.<\/p>\n<p>The League of Friends is hoping to raise \u00a31.6 million to furnish Torbay Hospital\u2019s new Critical Care Unit and the Rotary club is supporting SSAFA, Silver Line and Factory Row.<\/p>\n<p>It was a first time event for some, others had attended previously and we weren\u2019t disappointed.\u00a0 This event reflected the spirit of Christmas with the Torbay Brass Band, Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir, and the Combined Schools\u2019 Choir of Torbay who all worked hard to make the concert such a special occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Compere Leon Winston ensured the evening ran smoothly, and a seasonal message was given by Father Robert Ward.<\/p>\n<p>I think we can all agree that our Christmas Festivities started here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several members of Torquay &amp; District Soroptimist International were happy to support the annual Torbay&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2015 CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES START HERE | News | Blog | Events | SI Torquay and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Torquay and District : Blog &amp; News : 2015 CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES START HERE : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Torquay and District . 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