YOUNG people from Okehampton will be delighting audiences in local businesses this month, as they sing and play their way around Okehampton on their third busking tour of the town.

Wren Music's West Devon Youth Roots Choir will be performing songs from around the county and the world at shops and cafés around the centre of Okehampton between 10am and 12pm on Saturday, March 21.

The group will also be performing its own original songs including its song in support of the return of the Okehampton rail line and a song listing more sorts of cake than you ever eat in one day.

The choir, which will be providing their own accompaniment during some of the performances, will be starting the tour outside Hilltown Organics at 10am.

Hilltown Organics, who are based in the former Hallwood Farm Shop in Red Lion Yard, are well known to the farmer's market but new to Okehampton shops so the young people will be performing a food-themed set to welcome them to the town and wish them well in their new venture.

The band will then perform outside Rockin' Beads at 10.30am, in Toast at 11am, and Refresh Café at 11.30am.

West Devon Roots Choir is part of Wren Music's Roots Music School — a countywide initiative, with funding coming from the Devon Music Education Hub, that enables young people aged eight to 16 to get together, make music and make friends.

The group meets weekly between 5pm and 6.30pm on Tuesdays in term time. The summer term series starts on Tuesday, April 21, meeting at All Saints Church Hall on Market Street.

There are no auditions and you do not have to read music — all levels of experience and all voices are welcome.

After the success of the two previous busking tours, the group are greatly looking forward to their next tour, led by Wren Music's musical director Paul Wilson.

Paul said: 'This a fabulous group of young people spanning quite a wide age range so that the older ones teach and support the young ones — it's like a great musical family!

'We have had loads of requests to repeat this little tour of the town's cafes – we've done it twice before and we're still very excited.'