Seven of our primary schools from across the Harborough district, joined together to raise over £650 for LOROS, on Friday 1^st May, through a public Busking Event.

The event, which took place outside Harborough Market, saw over 100 pupils perform to crowds of up to 80 people at a time. The children, all from Learn Academies Trust schools, sang a mixture of pop songs, school favourites, solos and duets from musicals, while their classmates played Taiko drums, brass instruments and cellos.

Speaking of the Busking Event, Jane Jones, CEO of Learn Academies Trust said, “Every year our children vote for a Charity of the Year and this year they chose LOROS. Over the school year we aim to raise as much money as possible through a variety of events, and thanks to our incredible children with their huge musical talents, plus their teachers’ enthusiasm for the arts, we were able to create this event.

“The schools took it in turns to perform for up to 45 minutes each, and were supported by wonderful members of staff and parent volunteers on the day. The atmosphere was just brilliant, the sun shone and the crowds loved the variety of songs and musical talent on show – with several passers-by thanking us for bringing such joy to their day and saying how lovely it was to hear the children sing. This is the second year in a row our schools have busked for charity – and we hope to make it an annual event.”

Joining in the fun, were Church Langton CE Primary School, Great Bowden CE Academy, Husbands Bosworth CE Primary School, Ridgeway Primary Academy, South Kilworth CE Primary School, St. Andrew’s CE Primary School, North Kilworth and Market Harborough C of E Academy.

Continuing, Jane said, “We’d like to say a very big thank you to Harborough Market for allowing us to busk and to Creative Harborough for their technical support and loan of a PA system – special thanks also to our sound engineer, Alex Liptrot who gave up his time for free to help us. It was fantastic to see so many people enjoying the children’s performances and we know the children had a brilliant time.”

If anyone would still like to donate to support LOROS the Just Giving page is still live and can be visited via www.justgiving.com/page/learn-academies-trust-1