Military Wives for Christmas #1 ?

(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, November 2016)

At BBC Radio Stoke we are big fans of the MOD Stafford Military Wives Choir.

This Christmas they're hoping they might see chart success as they're part of an album recorded with more than a thousand military wives from across the country -- with the title single 'Home For Christmas' released later this week.

But there's equally exciting news for our listeners, the ladies will be returning to perform for you at the BBC Radio Stoke Christmas concert.Carols For Christmas will be at the King's Hall in Stoke on December the 15th and tickets are available from this morning.

We sent our reporter EMMA THOMAS along to a choir rehearsal, not to practice her vocal range, but to see how the ladies are getting on...