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The
Parr Hall Spring Concert took place on Saturday 25th April 2009.
Have a look at some photos of the evening's
entertainment.
more....
What
are we doing in 2009?.... The
Choir's Events Calendar
for
this year
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 Choir
helps Father Canning celebrate fifty years as a priest, and tries to
recruit him. more... |
 Choir
sings at Service of Blessing. Choristers recently took part in
a services to bless the marriage of a chorister's son. Have a look
at pictures of the happy event.... more |
 The Cavaillé-Coll
Organ in Warrington's Parr Hall. Click to read about the town's unique
musical possession. More..... |
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 Gareth Roberts
signed up to the challenge of fulfilling a lifelong ambition of running in
the London Marathon.
Well,
the London Marathon has now been run. How did Gareth do?
Did he find his own chariot of fire, or did he fall by the wayside?
Find out shortly. Watch this space.
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 Choir Concert - raises funds for St Luke's
Cheshire Hospice.
Warrington Male Voice Choir recently performed at Comberbach Methodist
Church in a memorial concert more
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75
Engineer Regt present cheque to St Rocco's
Peninsula Barracks, Warrington
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.... Just before last Christmas, 75 Engineer
Regiment, Warrington's Territorial Army Regiment, hosted a charity
carol concert, in which the choir took part. The Choir's chairman and secretary recently
visited the barracks
to witness the handing over of a cheque to
St Rocco's more
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 I’ve
always enjoyed mountaineering. My climbing career reaching its ‘peak’ whilst
I was living in Tanzania in 2005. I
spent a week climbing the
heights of Kilimanjaro.
This was the most physically draining thing I’ve ever done, but also
one of the most memorable, and was definitely worth the effort!
Maybe not quite as challenging as Kilimanjaro, but climbing in the
Lake District can present its own problems. David Graham on his
sponsored climb for WaterAid. Will
you sponsor him?......more |
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 The Choir's
new CD Warrington Male Voice Choir Down The Years'
is now available. The
compilation has its origins in the demand for back copies
of the choir’s past recordings, the majority of which are no longer available
for general sale. The choir’s
first recording, at 78rpm of Beethoven’s Creation’s
Hymn and Schubert’s Night, was
made in 1956 on the suggestion of the town’s Mayor who felt that the choir
ought to be recorded for posterity more....
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 Have a look at
Photos from the Choir's Christmas
Concerts:
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The
chairman writes about the Choir's contribution to the cause of
reconciliation in Northern Ireland. An article that was written in
August, last year. more..... |
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 Warrington Male Voice Choir
remembers Alfred Higson conductor from 1919 to 1959.
Those
who were privileged to attend the first rehearsal with Mr Higson in Thewlis
Street School at once realised that they were in the presence of a genius, and,
with the passing of time..........
Read
an article by John Newhill of the Sale Chamber Orchestra.
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 Harmony In
Blue. A new venture for the choir with the focus
solely
on the younger members. Read
on...
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The Tipperary Peace Convention
will, this year, make its internationally recognized Peace Award for
2008 to the Cluster Munition Coalition. Have a look at the
Convention's website for more information http://www.tipperarypeace.ie
but, did you know that one of the 2008 nominees for this award was the
Warrington Male Voice Choir. Well, the choir did not get the
award, but is, nevertheless, anxious to publicly record its pleasure and delight at
having been nominated ....... more
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