VISITORS to St Thomas’s Church in Salisbury will be serenaded to a never-before-heard Christmas carol this year as they explore the annual Christmas Tree Festival.

‘Memories Round the Christmas Tree’ has been created specifically for the festival by Salisbury group Sounds Better CIC.

Each Sounds Better group from across the Salisbury area had a hand in bringing the song to life, and they will be performing for the first time together at the festival.

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This includes:

• The Downton Downtime for people with dementia and those who support them. This meets in Downton on a Tuesday morning.
• The Salisbury Breathless Singers for those with lung conditions, which meets on a Tuesday afternoon in Wilton.
• Harmony for Health – another group for people with lung conditions that meets in Mere on Thursdays.
• Salisbury Singing for Parkinson’s, which meets on the first and third Monday of each month at St Francis Church.

Liv McLennan, director of Sounds Better, said: “We are so excited to have all four of our groups performing together for the first time.

“The groups cater to people with different needs, but all are focused on music and singing for wellbeing.

“We’re looking forward to singing for the people of Salisbury!”

Sounds Better also works alongside Salisbury’s Parish Nurse to run a six-week sing and breathe introductory courses held at various venues around Salisbury and simultaneously online via Zoom.

For more information on the groups, visit the Sounds Better CIC website.

The Sounds Better joint choir will be performing at the Christmas tree festival between 11.45am to 12.15pm on Tuesday, December 3 in St Thomas’s Church.