Songsters collecting for Salvation Army annual Red Shield appeal
September 3, 2009 by Rob Westwood-Payne
Filed under Members, News
Members of Cradley Heath Salvation Army Songsters are door-to-door collecting on The Squirrels in Halesowen this evening. If you want to find out more about the appeal and/or make your own donation, you can find more information out here.
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Rob Westwood-Payne grew up in The Salvation Army at Norwich Citadel. He left Norwich to study at the University of Warwick and became fully involved in the music centre there culminating in his conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to a full house in Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He also transferred to The Salvation Army at Coventry City, where he became Songster Leader at the age of 21. He was made Songster Leader at Cradley Heath in April 1998 shortly before marrying Gail in the following October. He is a former leader of the West Midlands Divisional Youth Chorus and is currently Programme Director at the West Midlands Divisional Summer School for The Salvation Army. He is an Associate Solicitor in the Licensing Team of a national practice based in the south west.