Shoppers at a Newport supermarket were treated to music and movement during\u00a0a fundraising\u00a0collaboration between a local politician and male voice choir.<\/p>\n
John Griffiths, MS for Newport East, teamed up with the City of Newport Male Voice Choir for its \u201cSpin and Sing\u201d fundraiser at Tesco Extra in Spytty.<\/p>\n
The event, which raised \u00a3473 for the choir combined live singing and a cycling challenge.<\/p>\n
(Image: Submitted) Mr Griffiths said: \u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful to everyone who took part and supported the Spin and Sing fundraiser.<\/p>\n
“The City of Newport Male Choir, led by Mark, Sarah and others, were in fantastic voice all day. They were entertaining shoppers with well-known songs, including a bit of Tom Jones, that really lifted spirits.<\/p>\n
“I was equally impressed by their willingness to jump on the bikes and help with our fitness challenge!\u201d<\/p>\n
The event was made possible thanks to Newport Live and Momentwm, who provided the bikes, and Danielle Powell, community champion at Spytty Tesco, who helped make the event happen.<\/p>\n
(Image: Submitted) Mark Main, chairman of the choir said: \u201cIt was a great effort to all those involved raising valuable funds for the choir.<\/p>\n
“We had a great day raising the profile of the choir and hopefully may also have got a few new choristers, as there was interest from several individuals talking to us.<\/p>\n
“We all had a wonderful time providing entertainment to the shoppers and everyone had a go on the bicycles.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thanks go to John, the other councillors and supporters who gave up time on a Sunday to support the choir at this event.”<\/p>\n
The\u00a0fundraiser also marked a key moment in Mr Griffiths’ Active Newport initiative, which\u00a0was launched to encourage people to get active in ways which suit them.<\/p>\n
He said:\u00a0\u201cOne of the most powerful messages to come from the Active Newport conference last year was that being active isn’t just about playing competitive sport. It can include joining a choir, dancing, or getting involved in community fitness events like this.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpin and Sing was a perfect example of how rewarding taking part in community activities and getting moving can be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shoppers at a Newport supermarket were treated to music and movement during\u00a0a fundraising\u00a0collaboration between a local politician and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,54973,54968,54974,54975,54971,54972,54969,85,54970],"class_list":["post-69510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-fitness-challenge","tag-john-griffiths","tag-mark-main","tag-mr-griffiths","tag-newport-east","tag-newport-male-choir","tag-newport-male-voice-choir","tag-sports","tag-tesco-extra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}