But this evening was not confined to singing and Stan Winterton delivered the most amusing personal experience  monologues on the Saga of his Aga and his Hernia.

After the interval the choir, complete in full Christmas spirit excelled in a festive selection of Christmas songs and carols including a precision delivered  Christmas Medley. They followed with 12 days of Christmas, Do you hear what I hear, O Holy Night and Oh Lord what a morning.

The choir closed the concert with their beautifully performed May each day.

The choirs winter schedule continues with concerts at St.Gabriels, Alsager on Tuesday the 13thDecember and they bring their 2011 concerts diary to a close at Sainsburys, Biddulph on the 21stDecember.

Next year promises to be another busy  year for the choir as they enter 2012 celebrating  their 90 year anniversary.

26th November 2011

The weather was fine, the venue perfect and the Biddulph Male Voice Choir were in top form as they performed at a candle lit St.Johns Church in Buglawton last Saturday.
Roy Houldsworth from St.Johns introduced the concert and led by their musical director Gwen Jones the choir opened the concert with a firm favourite Morte Christe and in traditional style welcomed choristers in the audience from other choirs to join in. The programme for the evening was selected from their extensive repertoire and arranged by Gwen and quite simply had everything from hymns, opera, musicals, spirituals and to get the audience into festive mood a selection of carols including Do you hear what I hear and Marys Boy Child.
There were also exceptional solos from Alan Barber, Ivan Davies, Clive Reynolds, Phil Bailey, Dave & Helen Tyldesley and included a memorable solo performance by baritone Cyril Martlew. Ray Hassall delivered a most amusing monologue based on Father Christmas arriving for breakfast.
The choir was accompanied on piano by the accomplished Lynne Bradburne once again proving yet again her versatility.
A rousing standing ovation following the choirs closing piece May Each Day summed up how this audience felt after they had been treated to a most memorable evening of music.
Proceeds from the concert went towards the St.Johns Church restoration fund and the evening was a total success and was thoroughly enjoyed by a packed appreciative audience.
The choirs busy autumn/winter schedule continues this Saturday 3rd December when they perform at Endon Methodist church with all proceeds going to the Romanian Orphanage & Crisis Centre Appeal.

13th November 2011

Biddulph Male Voice Choir were proud and privileged to once again take part in the Rode Heath Remembrance Service last Sunday evening. The service which took part in the beautifully refurbished Rode Heath chapel was very well attended.

The choir opened their performance with the “Lords Prayer” which certainly set the scene for the thoughtfully created programme which had been arranged by the choirs musical director Gwen Jones and beautifully accompanied by Lynne Bradburn. The programme included a most moving performance of “Bring him Home”, “Let there be Peace on Earth”, “May each Day”, “Morte Christe” and the stirring “Lewis Hartsough hymn “Gwahoddiad “.
The choirs next concert is on Saturday 26th November at St.Johns Church, Buglawton, Congleton at 7.30pm.

22nd October 2011

Biddulph Male Voice Choir continued their autumn concert season at a well-filled St Matthews Church hall in Birches Head last Saturday. It was also a special occasion as it saw the choir welcome back bass Roy Lancaster, after a two-year absence through illness. The programme opened strongly with songs from the Cardiff collection, "With a Voice of Singing", "Rachie" and "A Roman War Song" in dispersed with "You'll Never Walk Alone" before the more reflective "Take Me Home" and that old favourite "American Trilogy". Dave and Helen Tildesley then sang a duet, followed by tenor Phil Bailey singing "Because" and Clive Reynolds, with his harmonica, performing "Smile". The first half closed with "You Raise Me Up", "Give Me That Old Time Religion", "The Rose" and "What Would I Do Without My Music", featuring Stan Bentley and Clive Reynolds.The second half opened with "Portrait of my Love" followed by Alan Barber with his Maori party piece "Pokarekara Ana". "Nessun Dorma" and "Morte Christi" heralded the return of the soloists, Helen accompanied by Dave on guitar, Phil and Clive. These were followed by the choir's arrangement of  "My Way". "When The Saints" was then well received with prolonged applause. The concert closed with "May Each Day".As usual Musical Director Gwenda Jones was in fine form and the choir was delightfully accompanied by Lynne Bradburne.The choirs next concert will be at Fulford Village Hall on 12th November followed by our traditional Remembrance Day service at Rode Heath Church on the 13th November.

8th October 2011

Last Saturday Biddulph Male Voice once again returned to the stage and performed at the Longport Methodist Church under the direction of their music director Gwenda Jones and accompanist Lynne Bradburn performing in what was a wonderfully arranged programme.
The programme included a number of the favourites frequently requested of the choir such as Another Day, Bring him Home, You Raise me up and Nessun Dorma but there were a number of new songs in this concert which the choir delivered exceptionally well notably I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables and the Welsh songs Rachie and Calon Lan.
Special mention must however be made of the guest soloist 8 year old Georgina Bloomfield who delighted the audience on the violin performing a varied selection of pieces and clearly demonstrating why she was a worthy winner at the recent Biddulph Music Festival.
The choirs next local performance is on the 22nd October at St.Matthews, Birches Head.

10th September 2011

Biddulph Male Voice Choir moved into their Autumn/Winter season of concerts in grand style last Saturday at St.Davids Hall Cardiff.  Joining with 11 other male voice choirs and supported by the current world champion Cory Band the 500 voices delivered a most powerful and moving performance to the 2000 strong audience. Supporting the choir were also organist Clive Phillips and Pianist Jo Scullin.  The Anglo-Welsh massed choir consisting of Biddulph, Budleigh Salterton, Canoldir, Cardiff Arms Park, Cotswold, Dowlais, Mynnyddislwyn, Newtown, Pontypridd, Shrewsbury, Tenby and Ynysowen Male Voice Choirs were directed by David Last. The concert included a varied programme which the choirs had been rehearsing and perfecting over the past 12 months and started with Christus Salvator, followed by the beautiful welsh hymns Deus Salutis (Llef) and Rachie. Then it was onto the spectacular Babylon’s Wave, With a Voice of Singing, Morte Christe and the Battle Hymn of the Republic which featured guest soloist baritone Gary Griffiths. After the interval the choir opened with Divine Brahma from Bizets “The Pearl Fishers”, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves and A Roman War Song. The choir closed with We’ll keep a Welcome, Tydi A Roddaist, The Rose, Portrait of my Love and encored with the Llanishen Fach Primary School Choir with May Each Day. The evening was quite simply exceptional and the harmony was second to none.

A recorded CD of the concert will be available very shortly. After the concert the choir enjoyed the “Afterglow” as guests of Cardiff Rugby Club and continued after being suitably refreshed! in a further concert, this time spontaneous. The choir continue their Autumn season with their next performance at Congleton Town Hall on the 23rd September.

3rd September 2011

The Biddulph Male Voice Choir warmed up for its trip to Cardiff with a concert at a packed Horton village hall on Sept 3rd. Directed by Gwenda Jones and supported by Lynne Bradburn,the choir opened with two of the songs that they would be taking to Cardiff when they appear with 11 other male voice choirs in the Anglo-Welsh concert on Saturday 10th September, "With A Voice Of Singing" and "Rachie" which was sung in Welsh. This was followed by the spiritual "Amen". A break allowed a brief rest but more importantly for 8 year-old Georgina Bloomfield to take the stage with her violin. She performed creditable performances of Monte's Czardas and "Over the Rainbow". She was accompanied by Rosie Attwood-Harris, who also helps out as an assistant accompanist supporting the choir. Stan Winterton then gave one of his original monologues on the subject of Growing Old, which struck chords with many choir members. The choir then moved to the interval with songs from their extensive repertoire "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Deus Salutis" (also sung in Welsh) and "Take Me Home". The second half opened with"Bring Him Home", "Pokarahara Ana" and Perry Como's "Magic Moments medley". Georgina returned to perform Verdi's "Spanish Dance", a remarkable performance for one so young. She was followed by Stan, who had everyone in stitches with the story of his hernia. The choir closed with "My Way", the ever popular "American Trilogy" and, another song  from the Cardiff concert programme "May Each Day".

20th August 2011

On Saturday 20th August at the Southport Flower Show the Biddulph Male Voice Choir created a haven for music lovers and transported the appreciative audience back in time. The concert, delivered in two sets from the Victoria Park bandstand had everything with a varied programme of songs, hymns and toe tapping classics.Once again led by their musical director Gwen Jones and this time accompanied by the talented guest accompanist Sue Talbot the choir simply excelled in songs from operas such as Bring him Home from Les Miserable and Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s Turandot. Of course the programme included frequently requested favourite such as American Trilogy, their Perry Como medley and the choirs own version of My Way. The choir now have a short break before they perform on the 3rd September at Horton Village Hall. In the meantime however they are putting their finishing touches in rehearsals for the Anglo Welsh concert in Cardiff on the 10th September.

 13th August 2011

The Biddulph Male Voice Choir proved to be a very popular attraction at this years Shrewsbury Flower Show. During the day the choir presented two separate concerts from the bandstand at the centre of the showground. The choir conducted by their musical director Gwen Jones and accompanied by Lynne Bradburn performed in front of an appreciative capacity audience. Their programme included many favourites including Bring him Home, Nessun Dorma, Llanfair, Take me Home but delighted the audience with the welsh version of Deus Salutis (Llef) which will surely become part of their normal repertoire. In the evening they performed in front of thousands joining with the Band of the Coldstream Guards, the band of the Royal Corps of Signals and 1066 Pipes and Drums under the floodlights of the main show arena to present a colourful and stirring finale before the magnificent firework display brought the show to a close. The choir now move on this weekend when they return to perform on Saturday at the Southport Flower Show.

24th July 2011

A slightly depleted Biddulph Male Voice choir owing to holidays was made very welcome at the Church House Inn, Buglawton on a very pleasant Sunday afternoon by the landlords Graham and Barbara Withers.
Although somewhat light in the tenor sections the choir put on an excellent programme with solo performances from tenors Alan Barber and Ivan Davies.
The highlights of the outdoor concert were many and included ‘My Way’, ‘You Raise me up’, ‘Nessun Dorma’, ‘Bring him Home’ and their final number ‘When the Saints go Marching in’. Musical Director Gwenda Jones was in sparkling form as usual and Wendy Brown gave a great accompaniment. All proceeds went to Congleton Carnival Fundraising.
The choirs next concert is at Shrewsbury Flower Show on the 13th August 2011.

9th July 2011

Biddulph Male Voice Choir joined forces with the City of Stoke Male Voice Choir last Saturday afternoon at the Bethesda Methodist Chapel in Hanley to celebrate and mark the completion of the Phase2 repairs as part of the extensive restoration programme which began in 2002. Neglected for over twenty years the chapel deteriorated badly until the BBC TV programme Restoration. The programme's attention brought a much needed focus on attempts to save the building.
The Rt.Hon Sir Alan Beith MP and Chairman of the Historic Chapels Trust greeted guests and welcomed the Lord Mayor, Councillor Terry Follows.
The concert opened with organ music performed by Michael Rhodes and the joint choir followed with a most moving rendition of “Jesus Shall Reign”. The varied and delightful programme included “Bring him Home”, American Trilogy, Llanfair, Morte Christe and Gwahoddiad. The Choral performance also included performances by the Lorna Spode Consort.
Musical Direction was shared between Gwen Jones and Bob Slinn with accompaniment from Lynne Bradburn and Jill Dale.
Biddulph Male Voice Choir continue its busy summer season with the next concert which will be at the Church House Inn, Buglawton on Sunday 24th July at 3pm.

2nd July 2011

Biddulph Male Voice Choir continued their summer season of concerts last Saturday. The latest concert from Biddulph Town Hall in front of a capacity audience on a warm summers evening.
The first half featured the choir singing from their current repertoire but including a number of pieces from their forthcoming Anglo Welsh concert in Cardiff in September. There were a number of outstanding performances including their delightful own arrangement of My Way and the much requested American Trilogy but for me the choirs performance in Welsh of Llef (Deus Salutis) was simply superb and will surely become a key item on their extensive repertoire. The second section included the tricky “With a voice of Singing” which will also feature in Cardiff in September.
You Raise me Up delighted the audience featuring tenors Clive Reynolds and Ivan Davies and a show stopping performance of Amen conducted expertly by their musical director Gwen Jones and accompanied by Lynne Bradburn.
The choir were also delighted to welcome back on stage tenor Gordon Cork who joined them from the audience for part of the evening.
The soloists for the concert were Cyril Martlew, Alan Barber and Clive Reynolds.
The choirs next performance will be when they link up with the City of Stoke Male Voice Choir at Bethesda Chapel in Hanley this weekend.

25th June 2011

A depleted Biddulph Male Voice choir owing to holidays was made very welcome at Wolstanton United Reform Church, by Pastor Mike Gollinsand a full house. Although light in the tenor sections the choir put on an excellent concert. The three soloists Alan Barber, Clive Reynolds and Cyril Martlew delivered excellent recitals with a special mention for Cyril Martlew singing ‘Old Man River’.The high lights of the evening were ‘My Way; ‘Morte Christe’ and ‘When the Saints go Marching in’. Choir leader Gwenda Jones was in sparkling form as ususal and Lynne Bradburn gave a great accompaniment.
At the end of the concert Pastor Mike Gollins thanked the choir for a wonderful evening and asked them to do an encore of Cwm Rhonda with the audience to joining in and this brought the house down.
The next Concert is at Biddulph Town Hall 2nd July 2011 at 7:30 pm.

21st May 2011
At their 38th annual concert at the Methodist Central Hall Longton, Biddulph Male Voice Choir, led by their musical director Gwen Jones and accompanist Lynne Bradburn, performed a beautifully arranged musical programme.
Alternating musical sets with their guests United Co-op Band Crewe this concert simply had everything, the band opened the evening with a spectacular performance of Valero and a nostalgic medley of “Disney fantasy”.
It was now the choirs turn and they transported their audience from Italy with their opening of “A Roman War Song” to Spain with “The Impossible Dream” and to Wales with a most moving performance in Welsh of “Deus Salutis (Llef)”.
The band then thrilled the audience again with a wonderfully arranged set including “Oklahoma and the Mask of Zorro.
The choirs programme had everything from quiet moving numbers, heartfelt and delivered beautifully, including “Portrait of my Love”, “Nessun Dorma” and “May Each Day” through to the ringing quality of “With a Voice of Singing”.
Their mastery of harmony and teamwork was much in evidence through balanced renditions of “What would I do without my Music” to ‘Pokarekare Ana’ (featuring soloist tenor Alan Barber).
Highlights of the band were many, including Tony Brookes cornet solo of “Bless this House” and Sarah Sparkes and Annette Lewis' duet Ave Maria, sensitively accompanied by good ensemble playing throughout.
The band and choir joined together for the finale, Morte Christe by Emrys Jones, and what a fitting ending to what was quite simply a superb concert. The concert programme was kindly sponsored by Storm Roofing Services.
2nd to 6th May 2011 
 Biddulph Male Voice Choir took time out from their busy rehearsal schedule and travelled to the delightful town of Torquay in South Devon.
The weather was mixed but that did not stop the choir, families, friends and supporters from enjoying what was a great week in a beautiful area.
The choir had the privilege on the Tuesday evening singing with the Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir at All Saints church. The Brixham church where the hymn writer the Reverend Henry Francis Lyte penned the famous hymns “Praise my soul the king of heaven” and “Abide with me”. The concert which was recorded by Sky TV included a varied programme of music with some particular highlights, notably the Biddulph Choir's performance of Nessun Dorma and Bring him Home and the Brixham choirs rendition of African Prayer.
The guest soloist was Jan Lobb who sang a number of pieces including “With a song in my heart” and “Music in May”.

Particularly well received was Morte Christe and American Trilogy which featured the two choirs singing together.
The second performance on theThursday evening was an impromptu affair and took place by request at the hotel by residents where the choir sang “You’ll never walk alone” and “When the Saints” both completely unaccompanied and delighting the hotel guests.
This was the first time that Biddulph Male Voice Choir have sung with the Brixham Orpheus and they look forward to welcoming them to this area.
It was unanimously agreed that this was a great tour of bonding both musically and socially and the choir are now making final preparations for their Annual concert at Central Hall Longton on Saturday the 21st May, tickets are now available at Congleton Tourist Information centre and Music Mania at Hanley (see Latest News for contact details).

9th April 2011

Biddulph Male Voice Choir were delighted to have taken part took part in the Meadway Choirs Annual Spring Concert at Sale last Saturday. The concert took place in what must be one of the most beautiful churches in the North West the Church of St.John the Divine.
First to take to the stage were the Meadway Singers opening with a medley from Phantom of the Opera, The Rose and New York, New York under the direction of their founder and Musical Director Joe Agnew and accompanied by Gareth Daniel.
The audience were then treated to a selection of lively numbers by the delightful Meadway Junior Singers (Under 12 years) and the Meadway Youth Choir.
Biddulph Male Voice Choir  now took to the stage and under it’s musical director Gwenda Jones and accompanied by Lynne Bradburn they delighted the audience with a wide range of songs including Llanfair, Another Day, Amen,Amen and Nessun Dorma.
The individual talents in the choir were once again much in evidence with soloists Clive Reynolds, Cyril Martlew, Ivan Davies and Alan Barber delivering solos.
After the interval the Meadway Youth Choir performed a number of songs from the musical Sister Act and the Meadway Singers sang Amazing Grace, In Paradisum and a most beautiful performance of Angels through the Night.
 It was now the turn of Biddulph Male Voice Choir who delivered their second selection including Gwahoddiad, Bring him Home, My Way and by request the popular American Trilogy.
The Male Voice Choir, Meadway Singers and the Youth Choir closed this wonderful evening together by jointly performing Morte Christe.
Biddulph Male Voice choir now have a very short break before they head off to Torquay for their concert tour in May.
On their return they will be making last minute preparations for their annual concert at Central Hall, Longton on the 21st May.

27th March 2011

Last Sunday Biddulph Male Voice were once again privileged to perform at the Hamil Road Methodist Church, Burslem in a service of remembrance to mark one of Britains worst mining disasters at Sneyd Colliery in 1942 where 57 men and boys lost their lives. The tragic explosion had occurred at 7.50 am on January 1st. 1942, 800 yards below ground.
Under the direction of music director Gwenda Jones and accompanist Lynne Bradburne, the choir performed in what was a very touching service a number of hymns which included - The Lords Prayer,  Let there be Peace on Earth, You Raise me up, Llanfair and Gwahoddiad.
The performance also included the beautiful mining song “Take me Home”.
The choirs next performance is on the 9th April at St.John the Divine Church,Sale.

19th March 2011

A large audience turned out to hear Biddulph Male Voice Choir last Saturday at Christ Church, Biddulph Moor. There were just over 40 choristers who delivered an excitingly varied programme complete with a number of impressive solo/duet performances.
The choir opened with the famous welsh hymn Llanfair and this was followed by a wonderful arrangement of You Raise Me Up featuring tenors Ivan Davies, Clive Reynolds and Stan Bentley. Bridge over Troubled Water once again demonstrated the wide variety of this choirs repertoire.
We were then treated to the first of a number of individual performances from Alan Barber singing “The Rose” and Dave and Helen Tildesley singing a traditional folk song “The Trees they do grow high”.
The choir continued with Let there be Peace on Earth, Rhythm of Life and You’ll never Walk Alone followed by superb individual performances from Ivan Davies and Clive Reynolds on harmonica demonstrating the many talents that this choir has to offer. One wonders what other individual talents we have yet to experience in this wonderful choir.
The programme continued with the choir singing Amen,Amen followed by Bring him Home from “Les Miserable” and Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s opera “Turandot” .
This concert had something for everyone and now it was into the Magic Moments medley, the maori song Pokarekare Ana and everyones choir favourite American Trilogy.
This was followed by further performances from Dave and Helen Tildesley with the Tom Paxton song “My Ladys a wild flying dove” and songs from Ivan Davies and Clive Reynolds.
The choir continued with “What would I do without my music” a beautiful song this choir should include at every concert. This was closely followed by the foot tapping Chatanooga Choo Choo and just as you thought surely it couldn’t get any better the rousing hymn Gwahoddiad.
The performance was conducted by the choir’s musical director Gwen Jones and wonderfully accompanied by Wendy Brown.
With a busy spring schedule ahead of them the choirs next performance is at Hamil Road Methodist Church, Burslem on Sunday 27th March.

19th February 2011
Biddulph Male Voice Choir took to the stage again last weekend as they entertained a welcoming audience at the Mill House Care Centre and Retirement Village in Knutton, Newcastle –under-Lyme on Saturday night.
The choir opened the concert with that wonderful hymn “Morte Christe” and it was quickly apparent the audience were in for a special evening as they performed a wide variety of nostalgic songs, these included “You’ll never Walk Alone”, “You Raise me Up” featuring tenors Clive Reynolds and Ivan Davies, “I Believe “and “American Trilogy”.
After the interval they opened with their Perry Como medley followed by “A Portrait of my Love”.
Other songs included “Bridge over Troubled Water” and the foot tapping “Chatanooga Choo Choo”.
The choir were in fine voice and closed the programme with their own special arrangement of “My Way”.
This was once again an excellent concert with a programme thoughtfully put together by the choirs Musical Director Gwenda Jones and beautifully accompanied by Lynne Bradburne.
The choir has a very busy schedule in 2011 ahead of them which includes a concert tour to Torquay in May, their Annual spring concert in Longton, performances at both Shrewsbury and Southport Flower shows and in September in Cardiff where they join with several male voice choirs for the Anglo-Welsh Male Voice concert.

16th January 2011

Last Sunday Biddulph Male Voice Choir turned out in force for a concert at a packed Horton Village Hall.
The concert was in fact originally a Christmas concert scheduled for last December but had to be rearranged because of the bad weather.
Under the direction of music director Gwenda Jones and accompanist Lynne Bradburne, the choir once again excelled with a thoroughly enjoyable mix of christmas songs and then into a selection from their extensive repertoire.
There was something for everybody, the first half starting with “Do you hear what I hear” which set the scene for the wonderful harmony the audience were about to experience. Christmas songs included ”The Star Carol” and a really feel good Christmas medley. The choir closed the first half with “Bring him Home” from Les Miserables.
After a splendid lunch and now suitably refreshed the choir launched into their Magic Moments Medley followed by a number of classics including “Bridge over Troubled Water” and “You Raise me up”.
The concert ended with the choirs own specially arranged version of “My Way”.
A wonderful way to spend a January Sunday afternoon.
Biddulph Male Voice Choir has a busy year ahead with already 11 concerts scheduled for 2011 with commitments in place for next year too when they celebrate their 90 year anniversary.
The busy 2011 concert diary also includes a concert tour to Torquay, their annual spring concert in May, appearances at both Shrewsbury and Southport Flower Shows in August and participating in the Anglo/Welsh Male Voice Choir concert in Cardiff.

11th December 2010
The large congregation who attended Ball Green Methodist Church on Saturday evening for the Christmas Concert were in for a double treat when they were entertained by both the Lorna Spode Consort and the Biddulph Male Voice Choir in a true Christmas festival of music and song.
The harmony and versatility of the choristers at all times was much in evidence and played a huge part in creating what was a wonderfully joyous Christmas atmosphere.
The programme, music in celebration was thoughtfully devised by the music directors Gwenda Jones and Lorna Spode and covered a wonderful collection of seasonal, spiritual and modern songs.
The audience also in good voice took part in a number of items including the rousing closing hymn “Cwm Rhondda”.
The concert was supported by accompanists Lynne Bradburn and Lorna Spode.
The entire event was recorded by Moorlands Radio and will be replayed at a future date.
This Saturday 18th December Biddulph Male Voice Choir continue with their Christmas concerts and entertain in Concert at Kidsgrove Town Hall.
20th November 2010
Biddulph Male Voice Choir continued their Autumn/Winter schedule with a wonderful concert at Saint Bartholomews Church, Norton last Saturday. Under their musical director Gwen Jones and their accompanist Lynne Bradburne, the choir once again excelled with a thoroughly enjoyable programme of songs old and new.
There was a sprinkling of sacred music which is one of this choir's great strengths, starting with the wonderful welsh hymn “Llanfair” and ”Let there be Peace on Earth”. The choir once again also certainly demonstrated their worldwide repertoire with “Nessun Dorma”, “ Pokarekare Ana” and “Still is the Night”.
This concert had everything from Paul Simons “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, their faultless Perry Como medley and Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight Serenade/Chatanooga Choo Cho”.
Soloists were tenors Clive Reynolds, Stan Bentley, Ivan Davies, Alan Barber and the multi-talented baritone/guitarist Dave Tildesley who performed “Scarborough Fair”.
The stirring hymn “Gwahoddiad” brought the concert to a close and the choir now have a brief rest before their next event at Swythamley on Friday the 3rd December.

14th November 2010

Biddulph Male Voice Choir continued their busy autumn/winter schedule of concerts last week by taking part at a packed Remembrance Service at Rode Heath last Sunday evening.

The choir opened the service with the “Lords Prayer” which certainly set the scene for what was to come, this included “Oh Lord what a morning”, “Bridge over Troubled Water”, “Another Day”, “Every Time I feel the Spirit”, “Take me Home” and the rousing hymn “Gwahoddiad “.
The service also included a most moving rendition of “You Raise me up” featuring choristers Ivan Davies, Stan Bentley and Clive Reynolds”

The choirs next concert is this Saturday 20th November at St.Bartholomews at Norton, Staffordshire.

3rd November 2010
The choir were delighted to have taken part in the grand opening of the new Sainsburys store in Biddulph.
It was an early start for the choristers arriving at 8.30am but they were in fine voice as they welcomed the guests and shoppers into the foyer of the new store. The choir sang a number of songs from their increasing library of music starting initially with a well known song from Oliver "Food, Glorious Food" specifically arranged for Sainsburys by the choirs musical director Gwenda Jones.

The choirs next performance will be at Rode Heath for the Remembrance Service on Sunday 13th November at 6.30pm

30th October 2010
There was a terrific concert on Saturday October 30th at Biddulph Methodist Church and Victoria Centre when the Biddulph & District Youth Orchestra, pianist Jackie Spry and Biddulph Male Voice Choir delivered a concert of youth and experience.
First to take the stage were the Youth Orchestra who under the direction of their Musical Director Ian Pickford gave the packed hall a wide selection of pieces from composers including Vivaldi, Gershwin, John Williams and rounding their session with Elgars “Pomp and Circumstance” which was loudly supported in true Prom style by the appreciative audience.
Jackie Spry a very talented pianist from Salford University who has accompanied many students taking part in the BBC Young Musicians of the Year intermingled with the orchestra repertoire and played a number of solo pieces including works from Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy and her finale including “A Nightingale sang in Berkley Square” absolutely thrilled the audience.
After the interval it was the Biddulph Male Voice Choir who now took to the stage and under it’s musical director Gwenda Jones and accompanied by Lynne Bradburn, delighted the audience and sang a wide range of songs including Jesus shall Reign, Bridge Over Troubled Water, You Raise me up, Magic Moments medley, Another Day and My Way.
The individual talents in the choir were also much in evidence with soloists Dave Tildesley, Clive Reynolds, Cyril Martlew, Ivan Davies and Colin Bell delivering solos.
The choir now have a very short break before they meet again on the 3rd November at 8.30am to perform at the grand opening of the new Sainsburys store at Biddulph.
Their next evening performance will be at Rode Heath on Sunday 14th November for the Remembrance Service.

16th October 2010

Biddulph Male Voice Choir got their Autumn/Winter season of concerts underway last Saturday at Longton St.Johns & St.James Church. The varied programme of popular ballads and sacred music entertained a very appreciative audience.
This appreciation was also much in evidence to the guest soloist, Anna Bradburn, who displayed her exceptional rare talent on the Recorder. Ms Bradburn delighted the audience with several pieces by English and Foreign composers.
The Choir gave a varied and captivating programme of music from around the world and when they began with their opening number “Praise the Lord”, the audience knew they were in for something special, and this continued with a variety of songs including American Trilogy, Another Day, Bring him Home, I Dreamed a Dream and the traditional New Zealand love song Pokarekara Ana which featured first tenor Alan Barber. Other soloists included tenor/harmonica player Clive Reynolds and Bass Cyril Martlew. The choir concluded with an arrangement of “My Way” superbly arranged by the choirs musical director Gwenda Jones who was warmly received by the audience. She was ably assisted by the excellent accompanist, Lynne Bradburn.

The evening was a veritable ‘tour de force‘ and the choir continue their Autumn season with their next performance at Biddulph Methodist Church on the 30th October at 7.30pm.