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Our offering for the February edition of the Churchdown Magazine goes like this:
A brief look back at our 60th anniversary year shows that we sang at the Roses Theatre with the Police Ladies’ Choir, at the Gloucester Guildhall, in a marquee for our famous High Tea birthday celebration, on tour to Westward Ho! including a fabulous performance with the Appledore Ladies’ Choir, at Gloucester Cathedral with Hillview School, at numerous churches, at the CCA for our three annual Christmas concerts including one with Coopers Edge School, and at local care homes bringing some joy to residents. We raised an astonishing figure for charity of nearly £10,000. The number of choristers is still increasing (though sadly we did lose a couple of long-standing members this year), and we celebrated the 100th birthday of one of our own. Quite a year! I’m also thrilled to announce that our latest album has gone live across Social Media platforms - see below. The year to come looks no less spectacular: on Friday 27 March we’ll be singing at Saints Peter Paul and Mary Church Westbury on Severn, on Saturday 25 April at St Barnabas with Loughborough Male Voice Choir, on Friday 15 May at Saints Paul and Steven Church Stroud Road in aid of the Gloucester Child Contact Centre, on Saturday 6 June at the Pelican Beer Festival, on Saturday 15 August at the Severn Valley Railway together with several other upwardly-mobile choirs, on Saturday 19 September at the Farmers Club in aid of the Rotary Club, on Saturday 5 December at Stroud Subscription Rooms in aid of Longfield Hospice Minchinhampton and in mid-December we’ll have our usual Christmas concerts. Others are being explored, including what to do about our annual tour and a possible further concert with Fron Male Voice Choir with whom we shared a stage in Llangollen last year. As Freddy Mercury would say, “there’s no stopping us”. Come and join us, especially if you’re a First Tenor. We rehearse (and have some fun) on Monday evenings at the CCA at 7.30. Rev Barry Taylor, Hon Secretary |