St Michael’s Church Madeley saw two local Male Voice Choirs come together in harmony. Much Wenlock MVC joined ourselves and shared the excellent services of our Accompanist, Nykko. The programme was as follows:

Choirs Together
Gwahoddiad Arranged by John Tudor Davies
Lord’s Prayer Albert Hay Malotte Arr. Carl Deis

Much Wenlock
Sound Of Silence Paul Simon Arr by Gwyn Arch
Two Little Boys Arranged by Goff Richards
Back to the 60’s Alan Simmons

Solo Baritone - Ian Martin
The Sentry’s Song From Iolanthe Gilbert & Sullivan

Hadley Orpheus
Little innocent Lamb Traditional Arr by Marshall Bartholomew
Every Time I Feel the Spirit Traditional Arr by Derek Jones
Evening’s Pastorale Wilfrid Shaw
I Dreamed a Dream Schonberg Arranged by Gwyn Arch

Choirs Together
Bring Him Home Schonberg Arranged by John Leavitt
You Raise me Up Arranged by Roger Emerson

Choirs Together
African Prayer Enoch Sontonga, Arranged by Eric Jones
Nice ‘n’ easy - a Perry Como Medley Alan Simmons

Hadley Orpheus
Bobby Shaftoe Traditional, Arranged by William Barr
Some Enchanted Evening Arr. William Stickles
Tom Jones Arranged Goff Richards

Solo Tenor Bob Jones
I Can Give You The Starlight from “The Dancing Years” Ivor Novello

Much Wenlock
Sunset Poem (Eli Jenkin’s Prayer) AHD Troyte
Working Man Traditional
Jesus Christ Superstar Arranged by Alwyn Humphries

Choirs Together
Softly As I Leave You Harris/de Vita Arr. Alan Simmons
What Would i Do Without My Music Alwyn Humphreys

The following two “thank you’s” sum it up:

On behalf of all of us who attended the concert on Saturday at St. Michael's Church may I say how very much we enjoyed the evening? Both choirs were superb and offered a wide and varied repertoire. It was lovely to see two such polished choirs sharing the stage as well as performing separately. The soloists were excellent too, as was Nykko. I heard many favourable comments and we are hoping that you will come to entertain us again in the not-too-distant future.
Thank you too for the donation to the church.
Would you please convey our thanks to the Choir?
Revd Rosemary Freeman

And

It was a very good evening in such lovely warm surrounds and acoustics. From the comments at our "afterglow", all our singers and faithful 'followers' enjoyed the variety of our programme and commented on the 'gusto' (I am sure this is not a musical term, but you will comprehend !!) of our joint pieces.
I think we felt a little more relaxed in the second half, having launched a piece at the start that was a first public performance for us.
Thanks again and kindest regards.
Tony Mathers MWMVC

Paul Kelly, MWMVC and Robyn Davies, HOMVC are resuming their meetings over coffee (at Truffles in Ironbridge) to discuss the next joint venture!!
The choirs will meet again, along with other Male Voice Choirs, at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Saturday 21st April to take part in the St Georges Day concert and Paul will be a guest at our concert in September when Random brass will be performing.