they're getting ready for a concert in the city of limassol in southern cyprus.ey sing in both turkish and greek -- and take time to help one another get the words right. turkish cypriot senem and her greek cypriot friend christella have heard the stories of the difficulties the choir faced in its first years. for a long time, neither government welcomed any such unofficial gestures of reconciliation. >> i'd only ever heard positive things about the greeks from my father. that's how i was raised. so i never had any prejudices. joining this choir was a matter very close to my heart. >> ultimately, i owe my life to a turkish friend of my father's! my family was living on what's now the turkish side of the island. he was the one who saved us in 1974. reporter: in limassol, a significant police presence is there to meet them -- not everybody welcomes the bi-communal choir. there's still plenty of bad blood on both sides. peace for the island is one of the main themes the choir sings about. >> as you can hear in our songs, it's high time there was peace between our tw