85th birthday

Eastwood Collieries' Male Voice Choir

Eastwood Collieries’ Male Voice Choir

Royal Concert Hall, November 1st. Click here for poster

Hello and a very warm welcome to this the 'Official' web site for the Eastwood Collieries' Male Voice Choir (ECMVC), based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire in the UK.

As we begin 2008 we hope to build on our vibrant past with a view to making this year as successfully as that of our previous year. Since 2005 this choir has helped raise the combined figure of nearly £600,000 for many local and national charities/groups and organisations. This dynamic, forward-thinking Male Voice Choir is now in its 88th Year and is proud to be able to boast that we are one of the oldest surviving original Colliery Male Voice Choirs in the country, proud of our heritage and sure of our future prospects.

This year the Eastwood Collieries’ Male Voice Choir is hosting a major event with the world renowned Championship Award - winning Grimethorpe Colliery Band, supported by a Massed Male Voice Choir of 9 of the East Midlands finest Male Voice Choirs at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham on Saturday 1st November 2008. This concert will help support the British Heart Foundation.

The Eastwood Collieries' Male Voice Choir is now entering a new era of development and there is a real need to generate revenue beyond the staple provision of membership income, with this in mind the choir is actively seeking 'Sponsorship' to enable this dynamic and forward-thinking choir to carry on into the future raising monies for worthy charities and organisations. For further details on sponsoring the choir or to discuss informally your ideas etc please contact the Honorary General Secretary using the contact links from this site or feel free to contact me direct on the telephone number listed below.

Our concert diary has events already booked for 2008 and beyond, why not check out the Concert Diary page to see if we are at a venue near you. We look forward to be able to welcome you to one of our concerts in the near future.

Should you have any comments, questions, concert booking enquiries or suggestions about the choir our Honorary General Secretary will be pleased to assist you in any way, please use the contact button to access the various ways to make contact with him?

Many thanks and we hope to welcome you to one of our concert performances in the future.

 

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William (Bill) Jones
Honorary Chairman,
Tel:  (44)  01773  780 724

WHO WE ARE.

Eastwood Collieries Male Voice Choir is based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire here in the United Kingdom. The Choir practices every Tuesday evening at the St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire starting at 7 pm.

Formed in the 1920's the choir originally drew it's members from the local mining community. The subsequent demise of the local coal industry means that the current membership of over 50 members are now drawn from all walks of life and many trades and professions, with only a handful of retired miners remaining within the ranks of the choir.

In the Choirs 87 year history it has appeared at numerous Concert and Music Festival Competitions with a considerable amount of success, being well known for its high quality singing and technical ability and has also appeared on both television and radio with equal acclaim.

Other prestigious highlights for the Choir include performances at the Royal Albert Hall in London, singing with Her Majesty's Band of the Blue's and Royals at De Montford Hall in Leicester and various trips away around the country including many trips to Wales singing with Welsh Male Voice Choirs in combined concerts.

 

Eastwood Collieries MVC outside their hotel in Wales 2005
Eastwood Collieries MVC on their visit to Wales 2005

Registered Charity Number 241489


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