Littlehampton concert highlights Amazon tribe’s plight

SINGERS and musicians are to highlight the plight of a South African tribe in harmony with nature but threatened by modern “civilisation”.

By The Newsroom

Published 2nd May 2013, 11:32 GMT

The Edwin James Festival Choir and Orchestra will give a performance of the ecological work, Yanomamo, by Peter Rose and Ann Conlan, at St Mary’s Church, Littlehampton on Saturday (May 4) at 7.30pm.

The work was commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature to highlight the pressures facing the Yanomamo (forest people) tribe in the Amazon Basin, where they have lived for thousands of years. Poverty, greed and population growth in the countries surrounding them are now placing their future in jeopardy.

Saturday’s concert will be in aid of Littlehampton mayor Emma Neno’s chosen charities, Cancerwise and Home-Start Arun. Emma will be attending the concert.

Tickets, price £8, are available from the ticket office on 01243 582330 or on the door.