A NORTH Wales choir brought one of northern England’s largest shopping centres to life on St David’s Day.

Members of Côr Glanaethwy travelled to Manchester’s Arndale Centre on St David’s Day and wowed shoppers with their singing flash mob, which proved extremely popular.

The trip was organised by Visit Wales, who have a different theme for each year to promote tourism.

Last year, the theme was “Adventure”, and this year the annual theme is “Legends”.

The intention of the event was to raise awareness of “Year of Legends” 2017.

Cllr Mandy Williams-Davies, Cabinet member for economy and the arts at Gwynedd Council said: “The positive attention the flash mob has received proves that creating an exciting, artistic and alternative event can be extremely valuable. The event has worked even better than expected. As a Council, we’re extremely glad and proud to be a partner and a part of this event to attract visitors to Gwynedd.”

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