The ‘Men In Black’ section of Wayfarers Chorus recently gave a performance at Peacehaven House Care Home in Southport, ably conducted by Eric Simpson. The performance was one of those occasions in which all of our rehearsals paid off. The audience was thoroughly engaged, singing along where they knew the songs. One or two were moved to tears by two […]
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On 28th June, the ‘Men in Black’ from Wayfarers Chorus performed at the Woodvale Chapel near Ainsdale, on behalf of Compassion Acts. The ‘Men in Black’ are a small section of Wayfarers Chorus, who perform when it is not possible to fit the entire chorus into the performance space. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the two, 20 minute, sets and happily […]
» 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 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 moreOn August 26, Men In Black were invited to sing at ‘The Crossfest’, a music festival held by The Cross House Inn in Formby. This was a free event, held annually to raise money on behalf of local charities, one of which this year was Carla Lane’s ‘Animals In Need’. Despite it being the summer holiday silly season a strong […]
» Read moreMen in Black performed at Greenheys Care Home in Waterloo on Thursday March 30th. We had an audience of 40/50 who were celebrating the birthday of one of their residents. It was good to have David Andrew directing us again after his jaunts across the world. We sung a varied programme of old and ancient numbers ending with an encore […]
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