Sweden: Swedish Members of the European Coming for You Choir Sing in the Church at Charlottensborg

Members of the parish and candidates for confirmation had an opportunity on the 20th of November to listen to songs performed by the European Coming for You Choir, in the church of Charlottenborg in the town of Motala.

Swedish members of the choir met during the weekend of November 18th in Motala to rehearse their repertoire. On Sunday, after two intensive days they headed to the church of Charlottensborg in order to practise in the beautiful acoustics. The church which had a round shape was especially constructed for choral singing. At the end of the Sunday service the choir was invited to sing for the parishioners and some twenty candidates for confirmation.

After the service, the choir were permitted to stay and practise in the church and invited the members of the parish who had stayed for church coffee to listen in if they wished. Some members of the choir explained how the choir was founded and that one sang in order to help to end the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Before the choir left the church an elderly lady said: "Seldom have I experienced something as good as this, that I did not understand a word of."

Another one said: "It felt like the music penetrated my whole body."

The host of the church said: "We should have this every Sunday."

Facts about the European Coming for You choir:

- It was founded at the end of 2003
- Has members from fourteen Europeans countries.
- The first song the choir performed was entitled "Coming for You" and was about Western Falun Gong practitioners who were arrested in Tiananmen Square in Beijing after having staged a demonstration against the persecution of Falun Gong
- The choir has performed at galas, amongst others, in New York, Paris, London, Geneva, and Hong Kong