As we build our Come & Sing chorus of 200 for a special charity performance of Handel’s Messiah in Ripon Cathedral on Saturday October 18, we have a shortage of male voices — tenors and basses.

If you sing in a choir — or in the bath — you could be the man or woman for us.

To find out more and download the sign up form please visit the Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) website map-uk.org or e-mail me sue@j-cooke.net

The concert with orchestra, conducted by Alistair Hardie, will raise urgently needed funds in aid of MAP projects for malnourished children in Gaza.

Tickets for singers and audience are £14. On the day singers’ rehearsal begins at 12.45pm, the performance starts at 7pm.

Sue Cooke, Windmill Rise, York.