YOUNGSTERS raised the roof at a concert celebrating song in Colchester.


More than 400 pupils from 19 primary schools lifted up their voices at the 63rd Colchester Schools Music Festival staged at Charter Hall.


Concert organiser Sally Leung said the theme of the festival was Sing.


Mrs Leung, the head teacher of Montgomery Infants School and Nursery in Colchester, who was organising her 34th festival, said: “It was amazing. I felt so proud of all the children."

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