Chorus AGM 2017

          On 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 […]

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Quartet Night 2017 – Revised

It’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 […]

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Mib at Greenheys (again)

Men 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 […]

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2017 Southport Music Festival

The Wayfarers Chorus  again took part in the Southport Music Festival, held this year at Greenbank High School on Friday 6 October.  There were 3 entries in the Barbershop chorus class this year, North West Harmony, Just Voices (ladies) and Wayfarers. We chose to sing our three latest repertoire additions, one of which was receiving its first public airing.  Unfortunately […]

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MIB Wow The Crowds

On 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 […]

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Wayfarers Bring Meaning to Battle Hymn

On Saturday June 17, Wayfarers Chorus performed to an audience of 300, comprised of Masons and their partners, at Southport’s Floral Hall, on the occasion of the Masons’ Annual Regional Dinner. With such a large audience in one of the biggest venues in which we sing, this was an occasion on which a full and healthy chorus would have been […]

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Meeting With Pacific Coast Sound

On Friday June 9th The Wayfarers Chorus were invited to join the Liverpool Harmony Club in welcoming the Pacific Coast Sound on their visit to Liverpool, part of their ‘UK Barbershoppin’ Trip 2017‘. Pacific Coast Sound are a mixed chorus, formed last year from 8 Canadian and American choruses spread along the West Coast of America and British Columbia, specifically for […]

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Charity Concert Raises £2,729

The Wayfarers Chorus Charity Concert, held at KGV College on April 25 2017, raised a final total of £2,729 for Queenscourt Hospice, easily beating our target of £2,500! The concert was compered by Billy Butler of BBC Radio Merseyside and featured a variety of local talent (click here to see the line-up). The new theatre at KGV College was the […]

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