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Open evening, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Sandilands, Oct 15
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Tagged 50th anniversary, CMVC, Croydon Male Voice Choir, St Mildred's
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Sing-a-long-a-Sheeran as Croydon choir stages open evening
Have you ever felt like joining a choir but didn’t know to go about it? Your opportunity is coming. On Thursday October 15, the Croydon Male* Voice Choir is holding an Open Evening at its Sandilands headquarters which will showcase … Continue reading
Open evening, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Sandilands, Oct 15
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Tagged 50th anniversary, CMVC, Croydon Male Voice Choir, St Mildred's
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Gibson is handing over the baton after 27 harmonious years
Ahead of their conductor’s final performance tomorrow, PETER GILLMAN looks at the changing of the guard at one of Croydon’s largest musical organisations The Croydon Philharmonic Choir has an historic event in prospect tomorrow. Its summer concert at St Mark’s … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Art, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, Fairfield Halls, Music, Purley
Tagged Addiscombe, Andrew Moore, CMVC, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, David Gibson, Fairfield Halls, Handel, Handel's Messiah, Peter Gillman, Purley, Royal Albert Hall, St Mark's Church, St Mildred's, St Mildred's Church
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From Sloane Square to Penge, choirs are making sweet music
PETER GILLMAN sings the praises of local choirs Streatham Choral does not lack ambition. The 150-strong amateur community choir, which rehearses every Monday at St Leonard’s Church, has hired one of London’s prime concert venues for its next concert. The … Continue reading
Westfield Scrooges stop choir singing carols in Whitgift Centre
The traditional free, charity fund-raising Christmas carol concert by a long-established Croydon choir never took place in the Whitgift Centre this month. Last year, the Scrooges at Westfield turned away the Croydon Male Voice Choir from what was once an … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Music, Sutton Council, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Beddington, Croydon, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Hammersfield, Shirley, St John's Church, St Nicholas Centre, Sutton, Sutton Council, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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‘Young Vic’ gives performance of a 90-year lifetime for C4
‘You are all I long for, All I worship and adore…’: Croydon pensioner delights Thames-side crowd at a recording for new television show Vic Wallace, a 90-year-old member of the Croydon Male Voice Choir, stole the show on Saturday at … Continue reading
Croydon choristers add their voices to Lions’ roar in Australia
PETER GILLMAN on the latest ‘world tour’ by a doughty band of singers from the Croydon Male Voice Choir Sporting history could be made on Saturday, when the British and Irish Lions rugby team take on Australia in Sydney seeking … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Male Voice Choir, Elliot Daly, Music, Peter Gillman, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union
Tagged Australia, Brisbane, British and Irish Lions, Croydon, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Dave Bannister, Elliot Daly, Martin Perkins, Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Peter Gillman, Purley Rugby Club, rugby union, Stadium Australia, Sydney, Sydney Olympic Stadium, Whitgift School
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Croydon Male Voice Choir 50th anniversary concert, July 12
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Tagged 50th anniversary, CMVC, Croydon Male Voice Choir, St Mildred's
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After 50 years, choir is getting all the old gang back together
Even Robbie Williams is among the fans of the Croydon Male Voice Choir. PETER GILLMAN sings the praises of what calls itself the ‘most exciting men’s choir in southern England’ The Croydon Male Voice Choir is celebrating its 50th anniversary … Continue reading
Choir hits right notes for Afghan women’s rights campaigner
The singers of Croydon Male Voice Choir, performing in the choir’s 50th anniversary year, received an exciting endorsement when they staged one of their regular “Beer ‘n Ditties” sessions at a Crystal Palace pub on Friday. At the sessions, the … Continue reading
Now available! Podcast with stories behind Croydon headlines
The latest episode of the Croydon Insider is now available, discussing the stories behind the headlines… The Croydon Insider proudly remains a politician-free zone – so what gets discussed here cuts through the spin and BS that you’ll hear in … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Insider, Housing, Inside Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged Addiscombe, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Coulsdon, Croydon Arts Space, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Emma Gardiner, It's A Wonderful Life, Paul Ainscough, Paul Ford, Purley, Purley Pool, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Together for Iain charity performance, Croham Hurst, Nov 16
Posted in Charity, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Music
Tagged Croham Hurst, Croham Hurst Golf Club, Croydon, Croydon Male Voice Choir
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Westfield Scrooges ban choir from singing carols at Christmas
Members of one of the borough’s leading choirs have declared the Westfield managers of the Whitgift Centre as “Scrooges” for banning them from raising funds for local charities by singing carols in the shopping mall in the days before Christmas. … Continue reading
Croydon Male Voice Choir open evening, Sandilands, Oct 19
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Male Voice Choir, singing
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Choir starts a recruitment drive in the search for new voices
One of the borough’s long-standing and much-respected musical organisations is launching a recruitment drive this week. The Croydon Male Voice Choir will be holding an “Open Evening” at its rehearsal room in Sandilands Sports Club, Addiscombe, on October 19, open … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Sandilands
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Double delight as choirs combine for concert at the Minster
Two of Croydon’s top choirs are to present an exciting joint concert at Croydon Minster on Saturday June 18. Croydon Philharmonic Choir and Croydon Male Voice Choir are performing together for the first time. After performing two sets of their … Continue reading
‘After so long away, this concert promises to be special’
Two of Croydon’s leading choirs are about to stage their first full public performances since the first covid lockdown began in March 2020. The Croydon Philharmonic Choir is to sing in a Christmas concert at Fairfield Halls on Saturday December … Continue reading
Croydon Male Voice Choir Christmas Concert, Shirley, Dec 11
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Tagged Croydon Male Voice Choir, Shirley
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Choirs emerge from lockdown with Oval and Fairfield dates
Two of Croydon’s leading choirs are gearing up for a return to performing in public for the first time since lockdown last year. First off the mark is the Croydon Male Voice Choir, which is singing to diners at the … Continue reading
Switch to Shirley church gets choir all back under one roof
By PETER GILLMAN For some of the borough’s music groups, there is the beginnings of a return to “normality”, however slowly. The Croydon Male Voice Choir has managed to get back to indoor rehearsing. After months when only a handful … Continue reading
Late covid guidance change causes chaos to choir rehearsals
Late changes to government covid-19 restrictions saw the last-minute cancellation of a major choir’s first in-person rehearsal for 14 months. Now there are genuine fears for the future of amateur music-making and choral singing, reports PETER GILLMAN After more than … Continue reading
Standard performances help choir emerge from lockdown
The rule of six can be a limiting factor, and performances in the open air are the only kind allowed at present, but a couple of Croydon’s best-established choirs are doing their best to resume performances as coronavirus restrictions are … Continue reading
Masks and casks: good to be back in the open at The Oval
Planning a trip to the pub post-lockdown requires face masks and careful monitoring of the weather forecast, as KEN TOWL discovered yesterday It was snowing when I woke up, but the childish wonder I usually feel when I see snow … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Ken Towl, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Male Voice Choir, East Croydon, Esther Sutton, The Oval Tavern
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Culture deals with covid-19 without making a song and dance
The sense of doom and gloom caused by the covid-19 pandemic had well and truly taken hold of London by the middle of last week. There was a dark humour about the place reflected by the public address system at … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Cinema, Croydon Bach Choir, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Music, Talawa Theatre Company, Theatre, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, BHLive, Croydon Council, Croydon Male Voice Choir, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, London Borough of Croydon, Save the David Lean Campaign, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
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