HOPING to hit the right note with shoppers and diners alike, the Wessex Consort will sing for its supper twice in one day.

The super choir of 12 young professional singers is staging an afternoon ‘flash mob’ performance at 2pm on Saturday February18 in Poole High Street before performing a formal after-dinner concert from 8pm at East Holme near Wareham.

“We wanted to have some fun with the people of Poole by way of a warm up before the evening performance by the lake at Holme For Gardens,” says Graham Stansfield, composer and the choir’s founder.

On Saturday members of the Wessex Consort will be sat with customers at Wesley’s community café at The Spire, a converted church on Poole High Street until 2pm when the singers will spring into action.

Under the leadership of their conductor, they will perform a short programme of music from its repertoire including ‘Le Train’, a gospel number entitled ‘Sing Hallelujah’ and ‘Gastronomic’, a celebration of good food and drink.

Both pieces have been composed by Graham and are included on their latest CD, A Choir For All Seasons on Aeterna Records.

“This is a Dorset choir singing songs about Dorset to the people of Dorset – for free!” adds Graham. “What better way to liven up Poole High Street on a Saturday afternoon?”

The choir will also give a 3pm matinee concert at The Spire with admission by donation (suggested £5) and that evening will also perform an after-dinner concert at the lakeside Holme For Gardens restaurant.

Tickets £25 includes hot and cold buffet dinner. To book, call 01929 554716 or visit orchard@holmeforgardens.co.uk