A brand new partnership between Pembrokeshire Arts charity Span Arts and West Wales’ premier Adventure Park and Zoo, Folly Farm, will see a fantastic unique mass choir event take place next month in the prestigious Follies Theatre.

Côr Pawb, a choir composed of over 150 singers from West Wales, ranging in age from seven to 70-plus, will be singing their hearts out to raise funds for three very important causes and to launch Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival 2016.

This unique intergenerational choir is bringing together a combination of community choirs and local school pupils from across the region to kick off the festival at 7 pm on Thursday, February 18, on one of Wales’s largest stages.

The choir will be singing songs from around the world, including tunes from South America, Zimbabwe, Belarus, Croatia, Wales, England the USA and more, in an uplifting mix of three and four-part harmonies.

Chris Ebsworth, managing director of Folly Farm, said: “We are thrilled to be hosting the opening night of Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival at Follies Theatre. Folly Farm is passionate about supporting local community ventures and helping raise money for worthwhile charitable causes.”

All profits from the concert will be split between three worthwhile charities nominated by the singers involved: Water Aid, the Paul Sartori Foundation and Span Arts.

Span Arts’ Cheerful Project, funded by the Big Lottery, has been running singing workshops and rehearsals for participating choirs and schools as part of their programme of community workshops and events.

Janet Bridge, secretary of Singing Village choir in St Dogmaels, said: “As a committee we feel this is a fantastic opportunity to share our pleasure in singing and be involved in such a good and beneficial project, we hope lots of people will come and support us.”

Also involved is the Span Arts Caring Choirs project, funded by PAVS, which delivers singing sessions in care homes and day care centres in Pembrokeshire. The project will be bringing participants to the performance where they can join in with the songs they have learned.

This event is part of a huge line-up for the 2016 Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival which includes the South African Zulu Male Voice Choir on Friday, February, 19, Sons of Pitches on Saturday, February 20, and Côrdydd on Sunday, February 21.