Chance for Eastwood and Kimberley folk to contribue songs to international music project

Anyone can submit a chorus, in any musical style as long as it is recorded at 110 beats per minute, is 12 or 16 bars long and is in C major ending on a G major seventh chord (to allow a loop round into the next contribution)

If you would prefer not to create your own piece, there is also the option to record your own version of a traditional folk tune to be part of the CCities mash-up.

Submissions are invited until the end of December 2023 and early in spring 2024, a selection of participants will be invited to join a recording day to create the ultimate mash-up CCity Singalong recording.

Full details on how to enter a CCity song can be found at mishmashproductions.co.uk/ccities-song

Liz Muge, artistic and executive director at MishMash Productions said: “We’re thrilled to be working with Broxtowe Council on the CCity programme.

"It’s such an exciting opportunity to link up with different towns and cities across Europe.

"The CCity Song Project is one of a number of initiatives supported through the programme, enabling citizens of Broxtowe to get involved, this time sharing their musicality to create an amazing collective song celebrating our local community.”

Jeanie Barton, local musician and member of the CCity community committee, added: “I’m excited to hear what people of all ages send in inspired by our county.

"I hope my example verse serves as inspiration for residents of all ages and we get a beautiful collage to edit and share with Germany, Poland, Sweden and France – the best of Broxtowe.”

The CCity project is a partnership between Broxtowe’s twin town, Gutersloh in Germany and Falun in Sweden, Chateauroux in France and Grudziadz in Poland to share cultural activity across Europe on the themes of cinema, visual arts, music, theatre, sport, food and lifestyle, literature and history and custom.

The project is being supported through Broxtowe Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Funding.