A Big Thank you!
- Dec 29, 2025
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Updated: Dec 30, 2025
A year end message from our Chairman
What a wonderful Christmas season of concerts we have had at Mendip Male Voice Choir. We have not only delighted audiences with a varied and entertaining repertoire, but with your support, our performances have also helped raise funds for numerous worthy causes, for which we sincerely thank you. The organisations benefitting include the church funds of St Mary’s Timsbury, Henton Christ Church and St John the Baptist in Chilcompton, as well as Children’s Hospice South West and Prostate Cancer UK. It is particularly special at Christmas to know that our concerts have benefited so many.
Our season culminated with our final concert at the Church of St John the Baptist in Midsomer Norton on Saturday 20th December. A sell-out audience enjoyed a wonderful evening that included Christmas readings by local actor Emily Pennant Rea, audience participation in an amusing adaptation of The 12 Days of Christmas, and the Choir itself with pieces that showed our talent at its best. None of this would have been possible without the exceptional skills of our pianist Dominic Irving, and of course the inspirational leadership of Kate Courage, our Musical Director, who had even composed a completely new piece for the Choir this year.
Photos at the Christmas concert courtesy of J.Richardson & J.Scaife, Norton Radstock Photographic Society
We are now having a well-earned break, and then will be starting rehearsals again on January 5th, with our programme of concerts for spring and summer 2026 already planned.
Singing in a choir has many great benefits and now is the perfect time to join. We meet every Monday evening at Midsomer Norton Methodist Centre from 7.30 to 9.30 and new members are always welcome. It’s a great experience and all you need is enthusiasm and a willingness to give it a go! Click here to find out more about joining.
Happy New Year to you all
Richard Luscombe, Chairman
