Nine members of Wayfarers Chorus sang at the North West Ambulance Service Christmas Dinner, on Christmas Day this year. This dinner is organised by NWAS volunteers, for Southport residents who are elderly and alone at Christmas. The occasion is self-funded, from donations raised during the year and each year the ambulance and fire staff work hard to make it happen. […]
» Read moreEvery year, the Wayfarers Chorus members vote for their ‘Member Of The Year’ in a secret ballot. This is the person who they consider to have made a particularly notable contribution to the club during the year. There are no rules as to what represents a notable contribution, it could have been organising events, helping with the practices or battling […]
» Read moreMembers should note the following: Due to the Christmas Party there will be no practice on December 12 There will be a practice on December 19 After December 19 our next practice night will be January 9 2018 Have a Happy Christmas and New Year
» Read moreWayfarers Chorus were invited to perform two 30 minute sets at a MacMillan fundraiser in Meols Hall on Tuesday 28 November. The event took place in the Tithe Barn, a location often used for weddings and so used to people making sweet music together! Tuesday is our traditional rehearsal night and this was reflected in the fact that we fielded […]
» Read moreThe annual Wayfarers Quartet Night took place on Tuesday 21 November and saw a record equalling entry of seven quartets hoping to become the judge’s favourite. Due to the unfortunate demise of the previous year’s winning quartet there was no mic warmer this year, so instead Colin Wayte invited the chorus onto the risers for a warm up and to […]
» Read moreOn Friday 17 November Wayfarers Chorus performed at the Birkdale Conservative Club, during an evening of entertainment to raise money towards transforming the old Station Master’s House into a community hub and library. The evening’s entertainment started with a monologue from Terry Durrance, entitled ‘Times Gone By’. As the title suggests, Terry reminisced about times past, with plenty of references […]
» Read moreOn Tuesday 31 October we held our 2017 AGM, which was well attended. For those who were unable to attend, a few of the more interesting points are below: During the year we donated £3,500 to charity (£2,500 to Queenscourt Hospice and £1,000 to the Soup Kitchen) Including our April concert, Wayfarers Chorus and Men […]
» Read moreIt’s that time of year again. A time when furtive foursomes try desparately to make up for lost time and arrange some practice sessions for the annual quartet night. Gathering in front rooms and ladies toilets, they valiantly try to work out which songs they can sing that won’t be being sung by any other quartet. This may be a […]
» Read moreMen in Black performed for Greenheys Care Home on Wednesday 25th October. We were entertaining service users and their families, staff and friends as part of a double birthday celebration, Jack and Tom, both men in their 90’s. We enjoyed the rapport we seemed to have with our audience and it was good to see so many of them singing […]
» Read moreEach year the Wayfarers Barbershop Chorus add 2-3 songs to our current repertoire, the list below is our present selection. Click on the link to see a video of us performing the chosen song. Apologies, we don’t yet have recordings of our entire repertoire. Alexander’s Ragtime Band Always look on the bright side An Irish Blessing Battle Hymn of the […]
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