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Paphos Zingers Exceed their Target
Back in January this year 3 of the Zingers were invited onto the ever popular Rock FM show with Bejay and they were asked about their fundraising for cancer Patients Support group. Last year we raised over €7,000 for this one charity and our aim for 2013 was to set the target a little higher at €10,000. Well we are PROUD to announce we have already exceeded this target and we have all our Christmas events yet to come so we need a new target.
For those of you who have never heard the Zingers, (why not??) I will tell you we are a Contemporary Rock Choir made up of over 40 members, our youngest Melissa is only 14 and our oldest?? Well that would be telling. We are a group of amateur singers who, when we get together and perform our harmonies, can give any professional choir a run for their money. Led by our Musical Director, Ali Harding and with the help of our voice coach, Mel Ballard, this year has seen the Zingers not only performing at private functions but producing their own events the last one being songs from the Stage and Screen, kindly sponsored by Tracey & Mark at Ariannol Financial Services.
We were also nominated for the Paphos Hearts of Gold award on 2012, while we didn't win it we were very proud of the nomination and happily show off our certificate.
This year also saw our first wedding booking, a flash mob of All You Need is Love, we had to pretend to be part of the wedding party and staff so we could surprise the handsome groom, (only the beautiful bride knew as she booked us to sing to her new husband)
So what have we got left for you this year? A very busy schedule starting with our next event on 16th November singing at the Christmas Fair for the Cyprus Samaritans, (this charity was the one who gave us our very first gig back in 2011 so can't refuse) We are on stage at 10 am and our repertoire that day will be as eclectic as our members. So come along to Angelika's Tavern in Chloraka and listen to our first performance of the year to include festive songs.
Keeping in the festive mood, we are performing on November 23rd, Rocking around the Beer Keg, to promote the launch of Aphrodite Rocks Brewery's Christmas beer.
All the proceeds as usual will be going directly to Cancer Patients Support. So for the ticket price of €7.50 this includes your first drink and a mince pie plus a full performance by the Paphos Zingers.
Santa and his little helper will be on hand to bring presents for the children and a child’s ticket is priced at €5 and will include a gift from Santa
The bar will be open throughout the afternoon selling more of the micro brewery beverages and other drinks, including soft drinks.

.There will also be craft stalls selling handmade Christmas items and gifts. We will of course have the ubiquitous raffle and our donation buckets will be rattled.

This event will start at 2pm and finish around 4pm. . What better way to kick start your Christmas festivities. For tickets please call Ruth on 99389073, tickets are limited so book early, we often have waiting lists for our events

Of course we will be supporting our charity on 7th December at the Mayfair Hotel CPSG Christmas dinner dance.

As usual we would like to thank everyone who helps us in our fundraising, too many to mention but you know who you are.
Oh by the way, can I let you into a little secret.... all Zinger members have just voted to continue supporting C.P.S.G. in 2014, as our chosen charity, the vote was unanimous. We will keep you posted with our fundraising targets next month.
We are always looking for Sponsors for our events so if any company out there would like to be associated with us please do not hesitate to call Ruth on the number above, or me, (Karen) on 99 370 103
One last begging plea, we run our own raffles and auctions so if any company or individual would like to donate anything to us we will gratefully accept, (Glen & Andreas at Ampersand, you are stars, they have donated to every event we have organised since July last year.)
Remember we are available for Zingergrams, this adds so much fun to a private party and everyone we have done has been gratefully received.
For details of Paphos Zingers please see our website, (courtesy of Charlotte Hadjikiriakou)
We look forward to entertaining you as we sing with a Zing.