Loughborough Male Voice Choir

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On The Road! Part 3

 

part of our initiative to be seen and become better known by people in Loughborough and the surrounding area.

 

On the Road to East Leake

 

For our weekly rehearsal last Thursday, 16th October, we visited The Pavilion in East Leake, as part of our initiative to be seen and become better known by people in Loughborough and the surrounding villages. We visited Quorn and Gorse Covert earlier in the year, and this latest venture was well received by those who came to watch. We had around 20 visitors, who came to hear us rehearse, have refreshments and a chat with us, and then listen to a short performance of some of the pieces from our current repertoire.

Our thanks go to our audience, the ladies who helped prepare and serve refreshments, the staff at The Pavilion, and to Debbie from the Co-op Community Fund, sponsors of this year-long outreach initiative.

We are planning a further open rehearsal early in the new year, so watch this space for details, and, if you have time on a Thursday evening, come along and listen. We’ll be pleased to see you.

 

We’d love to see you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a fabulous night!

Our trip to Coventry

The summer trip arrived and we left Loughborough by charabanc for Coventry and our date with the City of Coventry MVC and Rugby MVC for our joint concert. Yes, it was a hot day, and, yes, we were in shirtsleeves, and yes, we performed well, as did our partner choirs on the night. We each had our own part of the programme and then came together for a glorious finale, some 75 voices filling the space with song and harmony. The programme was very well appreciated by the capacity audience, including many of our supporters who had travelled with us on the coach or made their own way by car. And afterwards, amidst the “Congrats”, “Well done’s” and handshakes, there was time to reflect, to realise, if we’d ever forgotten, that such a performance is why we do it, why we spend time in each other’s company on a Thursday night. Why we sing. Thanks to our MD, Georgie, and our accompanist, Paul for allowing us to have our moment on the stage.

 

Contact us

Our website at: loughboroughmvc.co.uk
Our Loughborough Male Voice Choir Facebook page
Or call on 07889 009928 for information.

 

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On The Road!

 

part of our initiative to be seen and become better known by people in Loughborough.

 

For our weekly rehearsal last Thursday, 5th June, we visited Gorse Covert Community Centre, as part of our initiative to be seen and become better known by people in Loughborough and the surrounding villages. We visited Quorn earlier this year and the evening was well received by those who came to watch, and our rehearsal in Gorse Covert had the same reception. We had around 25 visitors, who came to hear us rehearse, have refreshments and a chat with us, and then listen to a short performance of some of the pieces from our current repertoire. Our thanks go to our audience, the ladies who helped prepare and serve refreshments, the staff at Gorse Covert CC, and to Debbie from the Co-op, who are sponsoring this year-long outreach initiative.

We are planning two further open rehearsals during the year, so watch this space for details, and, if you have time on a Thursday evening, come along and listen.

We’d love to see you.

 

Beermats, Baritones & Ballads

With beermats & beverages, Loughborough Male Voice Choir & Charnwood Arts launched their 2024 campaign to promote the many benefits of Men Singing Together.

Around 30 LMVC Choir members, Charnwood Arts staff and pub-locals joined Shirley Novak, CEO of Charnwood Arts, in ceremoniously placing the first of 1000 beermats promoting our welcoming choir at the White Hart Pub in Loughborough on
May 22nd.

As a society, we need to redefine what it means to care; and LMVC have been working hard behind-the-scenes for some months preparing this promotional initiative to support men in caring for their physical & mental health and well-being.

We know that singing helps us physically & mentally, and being with our friends here at the choir, even just once a week, can help us to look forward to living our lives to the best we can.

LMVC secured financial & design support from Charnwood Arts for the creation of two new pop-up banners, and 1000 beermats promoting our choir. These will be used to raise awareness of LMVC and to recruit & support new members at concerts and various pop-up events we have planned throughout the Charnwood Region this year.

Look out for our beermats, you will see them at many local pubs, sports clubs, cafes over the coming weeks.

Each beermat contains a QR-code which directs to an LMVC webpage explaining more about this initiative, our choir, and how to get involved.

 

The beermat design

Josephine Glover

CEO

Nina Lindsey

President

charnwoodarts.com

Following the success of the launch, Charnwood Arts have agreed fund a further 1000 beermats, so we can spread the word even further.

LMVC is sincerely grateful to Charnwood Arts for the support they continue to provide us with.

So, ‘Raise Your Glass’, and ‘Raise Your Voice’ to Loughborough Male Voice Choir & Charnwood Arts. Men, come and sing with us and enjoy the benefits!

Watch this space for furthur updates to our beermat initiative or come and see us at one of our upcoming events.